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The correct spelling is sharp.
How to pronounce sharp
/ʃɑːp/
nounIPA: /ʃɑːp/
Say it like: Sha-rp
The correct spelling is sharp. 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. For example: "The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."
Usage Examples
“The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).”
“The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.”
“Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- 3.A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- 4.The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- 5.(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
verb
- 1.To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
- 2.To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
- 3.To sharpen.
adjective
- 1.Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
- 2.Intelligent.
- 3.Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- 4.Higher in pitch than required.
- 5.Having an intense, acrid flavour.
adverb
- 1.To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
- 2.(notcomp) Exactly.
- 3.In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
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