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Music Flat Sign

This is the FLAT SIGN.
If you see a flat sign before a note it means that you have to play the next key to the LEFT, and again it doesn't matter whether it's a black key or a white one.

The Music Flat Sign


The next musical piece, Siciliana by Bach, has B flat in the opening phrase.

Siciliana by Bach has a Bb in the melody.


Order of flats All the Sharps are notated and shown in a logical order In this image .

The same rules apply for the sharp sign and the flat sign.
When a flat (b) note appears before a note, it applies to that note for the rest of the whole measure.

And if a flat sign appears on a certain note in the KEY SIGNATURE in the beginning of a piece, we'll be flatting the note throughout the whole piece.

Click here to go to the Sharp Sign Page to see some examples of how a sharp/flat sign appears in the key signature, or how we keep a note sharp/falt through out the whole bar when it appeared once in the beginning of the bar.

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Now let's play a few pieces with flats.


Pieces with Flats

Mussete by Bach Download Play

Hallelujah by Handel Download Play

The Four Seasons by Vivaldi Download Play

In the next piano lesson we'll learn about the Natural Sign.

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Piano Notes Lessons

1. Intro 14. Dynamic Signs
2. Piano Keyboard Layout 15. Gradual and Sudden Dynamic Changes
3. Playing Melodies by Ear 16. Eighth Notes
4. Rhythm 17. The Sharp Sign
5.The Treble Staff 18. The Flat Sign
6. Draw a Treble Clef 19. The Natural Sign
7. The Bass Clef 20. Accent Marks
8.The Grand Staff 21. Music Terms for Beginners
9. Harmonic Intervals 22. Sixteenth Notes
10. The Dotted Half Note 23. Tempo Marks
11.The Quarter Rest 24. The Dotted Notes
12. The Half Rest 25. Triplets
13. The Whole Rest 26. Double Accidentals
27. A Review of Musical Terms



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