SHARPS
/ʃɑɹps/
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Definition
/ʃɑɹps/
noun
- The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.“The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).”
- A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- A note that is sharp in a particular key.“The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.”
- The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.“Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)”
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.“Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.”
verb
- To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.“That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!”
- To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
- To sharpen.
Source: Wiktionary
