Also known as dièse, diesis, ♯, diese, ♯-sign
musical sign (accidental) raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
AI overview
A sharp is a musical symbol that raises the pitch of a note by one semitone, which is the smallest interval in Western music. This matters because it allows composers and musicians to precisely specify which exact notes to play, enabling them to write and perform music in any key or with any combination of pitches they want.
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Key facts
- In unicode
- U+266F ♯ MUSIC SHARP SIGN ( & sharp; )
- Different from
- U+0023 # NUMBER SIGN , U+2317 ⌗ VIEWDATA SQUARE , U+22D5 ⋕ EQUAL AND PARALLEL TO , U+4E95 井 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E95
- See also
- U+266D ♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Dièse.svg
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- Commons category
- Sharps
- Unicode character
- ♯
- TeX string
- \sharp
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number sign
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semitone
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