A-flat

See also: aflat and A flat

English

Alternative forms

A flat, a-flat, a flat, A♭

Noun

A-flat (plural A-flats)

(music) A tone four fifths below C in the cycle of fifths, intermediate between G and A, denoted A♭.
The bassoon came in on a low A-flat.
(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.
(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♯,

Translations

tone four fifths below C

Afrikaans: A-mol
Chinese:
Mandarin: 降A
Danish: as (da)
Dutch: As (nl)
Finnish: As (fi)

German: As (de)
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

A-flat major

Chinese:
Mandarin: 降A大調

Finnish: As-duuri (fi)

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