What are the only 2 musical notes with no flats?

Answer 1

== == All notes may be raised (sharped) or lowered (flatted) a half step. What you -- or your teacher -- are alluding to are the notes F and C. Lowering an F one half step produces an E natural. Lowering a C one half step produces a B natural. It is perfectly acceptable, however, to write F-flat and C-flat, although it is uncommon. Those notations are occasionally seen in key signatures where the E or the B is already flatted but the natural, unaltered note is called for in the same measure as the altered notes. Writing Cb for B and Fb for Emay reduce clutter on the staff. But keep in mind that on a piano keyboard no black key exists between B and C, or E and F.

Answer 2

The 'flat' is a half step below the note; similarly the 'sharp' is a half step above the note. The scale is made of 7 notes, 5 of which are separated from the next by whole steps, while two have only half steps between them and the next note. Notes 'C' and 'F' are only half a step apart from the previous note, so they have no flats.

This is why piano keyboads have the black keys in groups of 2's and 3's with the keys between the groups not having a black key between them.

In terms of flats (indicated with a 'b' for short), the 12 steps are:

Ab A Bb B C Db D Eb E F Gb G

The flats can also be referred to as sharps. For example B-flat is half step below B, but it also half a step above A so it is also called A-sharp.

In terms of sharps (indicated with a '#' for short), the 12 steps are:

G# A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G

Answer 3

Every single note can be either sharp, flat, or natural.

However, C flat is B natural, B sharp is C natural, F flat is E natural, and E sharp is F natural.

So the two notes that you could say couldn't be played sharp would be B and E, and the two notes that couldn't be played flat would be C and F.

However, C and F have a double flat enharmonic, whereas B and E have a double sharp enharmonic.

The three tones that can be both *double sharp* and *double flat* are G, A, and D (completely surrounded on either side by a black note).

Answer 4

Any musical note can be flatted. On a piano, the keys without corresponding black notes a half step lower are C and F.

Answer 5

B & F