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 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.

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♯,

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)
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• 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
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A-flat major

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 降A大調／降A大调

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• Finnish: As-duuri (fi)
• Korean: A 플랫 (A peullaet)

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