A-flat

See also: aflat and A flat

English

Alternative forms

• A flat, a-flat, a flat, A♭

Noun

A-flat (plural A-flats)

1. (music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.

   The bassoon came in on a low A-flat.

2. (music) A key or other mechanism for producing an A-flat.

   I had to take it to the shop because the A-flat was stuck.

3. (music) The key of A-flat major.

   We will now hear the third sonata, in A-flat.

Coordinate terms

(tones in the 12ET) tones; C♭, C, C♯, D♭, D, D♯, E♭, E, E♯, F♭, F, F♯, G♭, G, G♯, A♭, A, A♯, B♭, B, B♯,

Derived terms

• A-flat major
• A-flat minor

 

Translations

tone four fifths below C

• Afrikaans: A-mol
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 降A

• Czech: as (cs)
• Danish: as (da)
• Dutch: As (nl)
• Finnish: as (fi)
• French: la bémol m
• German: As (de)
• Hungarian: asz (hu)
• Icelandic: as n
• Italian: La bemolle
• Polish: as (pl)
• Swedish: ass (sv)

mechanism for producing an A-flat

• Icelandic: as-takki m, as-klappi m

key — see A-flat major

Anagrams

• fatal, Falta