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flat
adjective, adverb (MUSIC) /flæt/ (flatter, flattest)Definition
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› (in music) lower than a particular note or the correct note: The top string on your violin is flat. She sang flat throughout the song (= all the notes she sang were too low). → Compare natural adjective, sharp adjective adverbNotes of the musical scale
(Definition of flat adjectiveadverb (MUSIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- A, a noun (MUSIC)
- B, b noun (MUSIC)
- C, c noun (MUSIC)
- chromatic adjective (MUSIC)
- D, d noun (MUSIC)
- doh noun
- flat noun (MUSIC)
- half step noun
- la noun
- lah noun 1
- lah noun 2
- major adjective (MUSIC)
- mi noun (MUSIC)
- middle C noun
- note noun (SOUND)
- register noun (SOUNDS)
- semitone noun
- soh noun
- te noun
- ti noun
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