A-flat
English
Alternative forms
Noun
- (music) A tone four fifths below C in the cycle of fifths, intermediate between G and A, denoted A♭.
- The bassoon came in on a low A-flat.
- (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.
- (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♯,
Translations
tone four fifths below C
mechanism for producing an A-flat
A-flat major