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a flat... It looks similar to a lower-case b except the bottom is somewhat pointed. Flats and sharps (#) are usually found in the key signature, but sometimes one is placed immediately before the note that is to be played a half step lower (flat) or higher (sharp).

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Q: What is the symbol that lowers a pitch half step?
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Lowers a note one half step?

a flat lowers a not a half step


What is the term for the accidental that lowers a pitch by ½ step?

A flat lowers the pitch by a half step.


What does a flat do to a pitch?

It lowers the tone by one half step.


What lowers the pitch a half step?

A flat (♭) lowers the pitch of a note by a semitone (half-step). A sharp (#) raises the pitch of a note by a semitone. Naturals cancel out sharps or flats that apply to notes and make them their usual pitch (♮).


What lower the pitch by a half step?

A flat (♭) lowers the pitch of a note by a semitone (half-step). A sharp (#) raises the pitch of a note by a semitone. Naturals cancel out sharps or flats that apply to notes and make them their usual pitch (♮).


A symbol lowers a pitch 12 a step is?

That could be a flat if the note was previously natural, or a natural if the note was sharp.


What raises a pitch by one half step?

The symbol to lower a note a half step is called a flat.


Will a sharp lower the tone by a half step?

No, it actually raises the tone by a half step. A flat lowers it.


What does a flat do to a note?

It lowers the note by one half-step/semitone.


What accidental lowers a note by one semitone?

if you are playing a brass instrument you tighten or loosen your ambocure (lips) to come out with a higher or lower note a sharp


Could you define sharp in musical terms?

it makes the note a half step higher


What is the symbol placed before a note to raise it one half step?

a sharp