sharp

Japanese: sharp
sharp

…The notes in the basic scale (C major scale, i.e., the white keys on the piano) are called fundamental notes or standard notes, and the notes that are changed by one or two semitones are called derived notes (also called altered or displaced notes). There are five types of alterations: the sharp ♯, which raises the fundamental note by a semitone, the flat ♭, which lowers it by a semitone, the double sharp ♭, which raises it by two semitones, the double flat ♭♭, which lowers it by two semitones, and the natural ♮, which cancels the effects of all the alterations and returns the derived note to the fundamental note. Alterations have two roles: key signatures and accidentals. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "sharp" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…基本音階(ハ長調音階つまりピアノの白鍵に相当)に含まれる音を幹音(かんおん)または本位音といい,これを半音一つまたは二つぶん変化させた音を派生音(変化音,変位音とも)という。変化記号には幹音を半音高くする嬰記号(シャープsharp ♯),半音低くする変記号(フラットflat ♭),半音二つぶん高くする重嬰記号(ダブル・シャープ ),半音二つぶん低くする重変記号(ダブル・フラット ♭♭),それに以上のすべての変化記号の効力を消して派生音を幹音に戻す本位記号(ナチュラルnatural ♮)の5種がある。 変化記号の役割には調号と臨時記号の二通りがある。…

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