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Joe Delaronde

 

From:
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 9:49 am    
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I do not read music, but with the help of BIAB I am translating music notes to steel tab.
There is one symbol which has me stumped.
I know the sharp sign is "#", and the flat sign is "b", but there is another symbol which looks like a flat sign with an extra arm or leg pointing down on the opposite side. If it's not a sharp or not a flat, what does it signify??????
This is a slow proceedure, but it works great. Thanks to the computer & BIAB where I can enter music and print it out.
Joe
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Earnest Bovine


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Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 10:24 am    
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That sounds like a "natural" sign, meaning neither sharp nor flat.
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Joe Delaronde

 

From:
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 11:08 am    
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Ernest
Thanks for the reply, but if a note "is a note is a note" and placed on the bottom line of the staff, it would be E. Why is the natural sign needed? E is E isn't it, what esle could it be?
Joe
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Bengt Erlandsen

 

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Brekstad, NORWAY
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 11:16 am    
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For each measure of written music the accidental # or b is only used the first time for any given note and it will last for one measure or until a "natural sign" removes the accidental.
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Jim Smith


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Midlothian, TX, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 11:24 am    
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Another example: The key of G has one sharp, F#. If the author wanted you to play a plain F, he would insert the symbol for F natural.
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Joe Delaronde

 

From:
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2001 11:46 am    
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Got it!
Thanks guys.
Joe
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