A-flat

A-flat

See also: aflat and A flat

English

Alternative forms

• A flat, a-flat, a flat, A♭

Noun

A-flat (plural A-flats)

1. (music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.

   The bassoon came in on a low A-flat.

2. (music) A key or other mechanism for producing an A-flat.

   I had to take it to the shop because the A-flat was stuck.

3. (music) The key of A-flat major.

   We will now hear the third sonata, in A-flat.

Coordinate terms

(tones in the 12ET) tones; C♭, C, C♯, D♭, D, D♯, E♭, E, E♯, F♭, F, F♯, G♭, G, G♯, A♭, A, A♯, B♭, B, B♯,

Derived terms

• A-flat major
• A-flat minor

 

Translations

tone four fifths below C

Afrikaans: A-mol Chinese: Mandarin: 降A Czech: as (cs) Danish: as (da) Dutch: As (nl) Finnish: As (fi) German: As (de) Hungarian: asz Icelandic: as n Italian: La bemolle Polish: as (pl) Swedish: ass (sv)

mechanism for producing an A-flat

Icelandic: as-takki m, as-klappi m

A-flat major

Chinese: Mandarin: 降A大調／降A大调 Finnish: As-duuri (fi) Korean: A 플랫 (A peullaet)

Anagrams

• fatal