sharps and flats

No one associated with the musical knows whether a show so right for pastry puns set to sharps and flats can be a hefty source of … dough.

Double sharps and flats are fairly rare, and triple and quadruple flats even rarer, but all are allowed.

Sharps and flats used to notate music in these traditions should not be assumed to mean a change in pitch equal to an equal-temperament half-step.

Triple, quadruple, etc. sharps and flats are rare, but follow the same pattern: every sharp or flat raises or lowers the pitch one more half step.

In the examples above, the sharps and flats are written next to the notes.