"nature"", suggesting that the fun ""is in the finding out, though, and the excitement in surviving to tell someone just what it was you found."" Ramshaw concluded by saying that """"Neither Man Nor Beast"" is an elegant standalone adventure. It could slot into non-""Ravenloft"" campaigns easily - everyone goes to sea eventually - but it's best for folk who already know the Demi-Plane of Dread. For when the island's secret is revealed they'll know precisely how slim their chances are."" Neither Man nor Beast Neither Man nor Beast is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the ""Advanced Dungeons &"
"Sharp (music) In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means higher in pitch. More specifically, in musical notation, sharp means ""higher in pitch by one semitone (half step)"". Sharp is the opposite of flat, which is a lowering of pitch. There is an associated sharp symbol which resembles ""#"", , which may be found in key signatures or as an accidental. For instance, the music below has a key signature with three sharps (indicating either A major or F minor, the relative minor) and the note, A, has a sharp accidental. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative"
"Flat (music) In music, flat or bemolle (Italian: ""soft B"") means ""lower in pitch"". More specifically, in musical notation, flat means ""lower in pitch by one semitone (half step)"". Flat is the opposite of sharp, which is a raising of pitch. In music notation, the flat symbol, , derived from a stylised lowercase """"b"""", lowers a note by a half step (semitone). For instance, the music below has a key signature with three flats (indicating either E major or C minor) and the note, D, has a flat accidental. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c"" { </score> The Unicode"
"Intonation (music) Intonation, in music, is a musician's realization of pitch accuracy, or the pitch accuracy of a musical instrument. Intonation may be flat, sharp, or both, successively or simultaneously. The lower or upper pitch of an interval may be sharp or flat, or both pitches of an interval. If the lower pitch is sharp or the upper pitch is flat, the interval may be said to be flat given that as a whole it is too narrow; while if the lower pitch is flat or the upper pitch is sharp, the interval may be said to be sharp given"
"notation students are not taught to modify vowels to represent sharp or flat notes. In these cases the students usually name the note and whether it is flat or sharp. For example, an augmented unison (""ouey"") might be called ""one sharp,"" and in some other pedagogies this same pitch may also simply be called ""one."" There is a continual debate about the merits of this system as compared to solfege: it holds the advantage that when dealing with abstract concepts such as interval distance a student may easily recognize that the distance between 1 and 5 is larger than the"
"Accidental (music) In music, an accidental is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (), flat (), and natural () symbols, among others, mark such notes—and those symbols are also called accidentals. In the measure (bar) where it appears, an accidental sign raises or lowers the immediately following note (and any repetition of it in the bar) from its normal pitch, overriding sharps or flats in the key signature. A note is usually raised or lowered"
"notes F, C, G, D, A, E and finally B, and similarly for the flat keys, but with progressively decreasing convenience and usage. in Unicode, assigned sharp signs are as follows: Sharp (music) In music, sharp, dièse (from French), or diesis (from Greek) means higher in pitch. More specifically, in musical notation, sharp means ""higher in pitch by one semitone (half step)"". Sharp is the opposite of flat, which is a lowering of pitch. There is an associated sharp symbol which resembles ""#"", , which may be found in key signatures or as an accidental. For instance, the music below"
"}</score> Although very uncommon, a triple flat () can sometimes be found. It lowers a note three semitones. Flat (music) In music, flat or bemolle (Italian: ""soft B"") means ""lower in pitch"". More specifically, in musical notation, flat means ""lower in pitch by one semitone (half step)"". Flat is the opposite of sharp, which is a raising of pitch. In music notation, the flat symbol, , derived from a stylised lowercase """"b"""", lowers a note by a half step (semitone). For instance, the music below has a key signature with three flats (indicating either E major or C minor) and"
"of sharps or flats (which is the same in any clef), rather than their position on the staff. For example, if a key signature has only one sharp, it must be an F-sharp, which corresponds to a G major or an E minor key. However, in 20th-century music, there are occasional exceptions to this, where a piece uses an unorthodox or synthetic scale, where a key signature may be invented to reflect this. This may consist of a number of sharps or flats that are not the normal ones (such as a signature of just C or E), or it"
"felt it was obvious that the accidental should continue. The older practice continued in use well into the 18th century by many composers, notably Johann Sebastian Bach. The newer convention did not achieve general currency until early in the 19th century. Accidental (music) In music, an accidental is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (), flat (), and natural () symbols, among others, mark such notes—and those symbols are also called accidentals. In the measure"
"and thus the interval of a quarter tone is never used and the three-quarter tone or neutral second should be considered the characteristic interval. By contrast, in the European equally tempered scale the octave is divided into twelve equal divisions, or exactly half as many as the Arab system. Thus the system is written in European musical notation using a slashed flat for quarter flat (some systems use a reversed flat sign instead), a flat for half-tone flat, a slashed flat and a flat for three-quarter tone flat, sharp with one vertical line for quarter sharp, sharp (♯) for half-step"
"that certain notes are flat or sharp throughout the piece, unless otherwise indicated with accidentals added before certain notes. When a sharp is placed before a note, this makes that note one semitone higher. When a flat is placed before a note, this makes that note one semitone lower. Double sharps and double flats are less common, but they are used. A double sharp is placed before a note to make it two semitones higher. A double flat is placed before a note to make it two semitones lower. A natural sign placed before a note renders that note in"
"with modern uses of the term ""enharmonic"". Modern notation for enharmonic notes requires two special symbols for raised and lowered quarter tones or half-semitones or quarter steps. Some symbols used for a quarter-tone flat are a downward-pointing arrow ↓, or a flat combined with an upward-pointing arrow ↑. Similarly, for a quarter-tone sharp, an upward-pointing arrow may be used, or else a sharp with a downward-pointing arrow. Three-quarter flat and sharp symbols are formed similarly . A further modern notation involves reversed flat signs for quarter-flat, so that an enharmonic tetrachord may be represented: or The double-flat symbol () is"
"in Gregorian chant manuscripts to signify the two pitches of B, the only note that could be altered. The ""round"" ""b"" became the flat sign, while the ""square"" ""b"" diverged into the sharp and natural signs. Sometimes the black keys on a musical keyboard are called accidentals (i.e., ""sharps"" or ""flats""), and the white keys are called ""naturals"". In most cases, a sharp raises the pitch of a note one semitone while a flat lowers it one semitone. A natural is used to cancel the effect of a flat or sharp. This system of accidentals operates in conjunction with the"
"Nonchord tone A nonchord tone (NCT), nonharmonic tone, or embellishing tone is a note in a piece of music or song that is not part of the implied or expressed chord set out by the harmonic framework. In contrast, a chord tone is a note that is a part of the functional chord (see: factor (chord)). Nonchord tones are most often discussed in the context of the common practice period of classical music, but they can be used in the analysis of other types of tonal music as well, such as Western popular music. Nonchord tones are often categorized as"
"key signatures showing sharps or flats on both octaves for notes which fall within the staff. An accidental is an exception to the key signature, applying only to the measure and octave in which it appears. Although a key signature may be written using any combination of sharp and flat symbols, the most common series of thirteen homogeneous key signatures—ranging from six flats to six sharps, with each successive flat or sharp placed on the note a perfect fifth below or above, respectively, the previous one—is assumed in much of this article. A piece scored using a single diatonic key"
"as the central, natural or basic major scale because all of its notes are natural notes, whereas every other major scale has at least one sharp or flat in it. The notes F, C, E, B, and most notes inflected by double-flats and double-sharps correspond in pitch with natural notes; however, they are not regarded as natural notes but rather as enharmonic equivalents of them and are just as much chromatically inflected notes as most sharped and flatted notes that are represented by black notes on a keyboard. In musical notation, a ""natural sign"" () is an accidental sign used"
"in the middle. Also called ""double neighboring tones"" or ""neighbor group"". </score> Another form of nonchord tone is a ""pedal point"" or ""pedal tone"" (PD) or ""note"", almost always the tonic or dominant, which is held through a series of chord changes. The pedal point is almost always in the lowest voice (the term originates from organ playing), but it may be in an upper voice; then it may be called an ""inverted pedal"". It may also be between the upper and lower voices, in which case it is called an ""internal pedal"". </score> A ""chromatic nonharmonic tone"" is a"
"loudness while holding pitch constant; vibrato is a repeated variation of pitch (frequency). A bent note is a musical note that is varied in pitch. With unfretted strings or other continuous-pitch instruments such as the trombone, or with the human voice, such variation is more properly described in terms of intonation. Bent notes are commonly played on fretted instruments, literally by bending the string with excess finger pressure, or on free reed instruments such as the harmonica, by using excess air pressure to overblow the reed. On brass instruments such as the trumpet, the note is bent by using the"
"notation' refers to the contemporary use of non-traditional symbols and text to convey information about the performance of a piece of music. Practitioners include Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Krzysztof Penderecki, Cornelius Cardew, and Roger Reynolds. See ""Notations"", edited by John Cage and Alison Knowles, . Simplified Music Notation is an alternative form of musical notation designed to make sight-reading easier. It is based on classical staff notation, but incorporates sharps and flats into the shape of the note heads. Notes such as double sharps and double flats are written at the pitch they are"
"or a ""sharp"" key signature. The key signatures with seven flats () and seven sharps () are rarely used because they have simpler enharmonic equivalents. For example, the key of C major (seven sharps) is more simply represented as D major (five flats). For modern practical purposes these keys are (in twelve tone equal temperament) the same, because C and D are enharmonically the same note. Pieces ""are"" written in these ""extreme"" sharp or flat keys, however: for example, Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 3 from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 848 is in C major. The modern"
"of altered (""vikrt"") and natural (""shuddha"") notes with respect to the Bilawal thaat. In any seven-tone scale (starting with S), R, G, D, and N can be natural (""shuddha"", lit. ""pure"") or flat (""komal"", lit. ""soft"") but never sharp, whereas the M can be natural or sharp (""tivra"", lit. ""fast"") but never flat, making twelve notes as in the Western chromatic scale. The sharp or flat tones are called ""vikrt swara"" (""vikrt"", lit. ""altered""). Selecting seven tones in ascending order, where S and P are always natural whereas five other tones (R, G, M, D, N) can assume only one"
"Ghost note In music, a ghost note is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. In musical notation, this is represented by an ""X"" for a note head instead of an oval, or parentheses around the note head. It should not be confused with the X-shaped notation that raises a note to a double sharp. On stringed instruments, this is played by sounding a muted string. ""Muted to the point where it is more percussive sounding than obvious and clear in pitch. There is a pitch, to be sure, but its musical value is"
"Split sharp A split sharp is a kind of key found in some early keyboard instruments, such as the harpsichord, clavichord, or organ. It is a musical key divided in two, with separately depressible front and back sections, each sounding its own pitch. The particular keys that were split were those that play the sharps and flats on the standard musical keyboard (the ""black keys"" on a modern piano). Split sharps served two distinct purposes. First, in the broken octave, they allowed an instrument to include deep bass notes while retaining a short, compact keyboard. Second, in older music, tuning"
"""b mollis"" [] and ""b durum"" []) came to acquire their modern meanings of raising or lowering notes by a half step . Adrian Le Roy wrote that ""b sharpe doeth holde up the tune halfe a note higher, and b flatte, contrarywise doeth lette it fall halfe a note lower"" . But as early as 1524, theorists also had this understanding of these signs . Moreover, near the beginning of the 17th century, Michael Praetorius employed the words ""signa chromatica"" (chromatic signs) to refer to sharps and flats . Hence, no single understanding of the concept existed in the"
"some portion of notes have well defined intervals to. In jazz and blues music, certain notes called ""blue note""s are deliberately sung somewhat flat for expressive effect. Examples include the words ""Thought He Was a Goner"" in the song ""And the Cat Came Back"" and the words ""Yum Yum"" in the children's song ""Five Green and Speckled Frogs."" Off-key Off-key is musical content that is not at the expected frequency or pitch period, either with respect to some absolute reference frequency, or in a ratiometric sense (i.e. through removal of exactly one degree of freedom, such as the frequency of"
"like (similar to two flats, ) and lower a note by two semitones, or a whole step. The Unicode character 𝄫 (U+1D12B) in the Musical Symbols block represents the double-flat sign. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c"" { </score> A quarter-tone flat or half flat, indicating the use of quarter tones, may be marked with various symbols including a flat with a slash () or a reversed flat sign (). A three-quarter-tone flat, flat and a half or sesquiflat, is represented by a half flat and a regular flat (). \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c"" { }"
"sharp or flat represents a major (or perfect) interval. A number with a flat represents a minor interval. In this example, the numbers mean: Thus, for instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by lowering the 3rd, 6th, and 7th degrees of the A major scale by one semitone: \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> Because of this, the key of A minor is called the ""parallel minor"" of A major. The intervals between the notes of a natural minor scale follow the sequence below: where ""whole"" stands for a whole tone (a red u-shaped"
"sound of a note with a timbre particular to the instrument playing the note) ""can be described as a combination of many simple periodic waves (i.e., sine waves) or ""partials,"" each with its own frequency of vibration, amplitude, and phase."" (See also, Fourier analysis.) A partial is any of the sine waves (or ""simple tones"", as Ellis calls them when translating Helmholtz) of which a complex tone is composed, not necessarily with an integer multiple of the lowest harmonic. A harmonic is any member of the harmonic series, an ideal set of frequencies that are positive integer multiples of a"
"Whole note In music, a whole note (American) or semibreve (British) is a note represented by a hollow oval note head and no note stem. Its length is equal to four beats in time, that is the whole measure (or bar). Most other notes are fractions of the whole note (e.g., half notes and quarter notes are played for one half and one quarter the duration of the whole note, respectively). The symbol is first found in music notation from the late thirteenth century, and its British name derives from the ""semibrevis"" of mensural notation. The whole note and whole"
"G♯ major) may have to be notated completely differently. Theoretical key In music theory, a theoretical key or impossible key is a key whose key signature has at least one double-flat or double-sharp. Double-flats and double-sharps are often used as accidentals, but placing them in the key signature (in music that uses equal temperament) makes the music generally impractical to read. For example, the key of G major is a key of this type, because its corresponding key signature has an F (on its leading-tone). An equal-tempered scale of G major comprises the same pitches as the A major scale,"
"(double-flat), while an alto flute is in G. Note names can also be qualified to indicate the octave in which they are sounded. There are several schemes for this, the most common being scientific pitch notation. Scientific pitch notation is often used to specify the range of an instrument. Where sharps or flats are necessary for this, these are related to the natural scale of the instrument if it has one, otherwise the choice is arbitrary. Tonic sol-fa is a type of notation using the initial letters of solfege. Letter notation In music, letter notation is a system of representing"
"and the English word gamut, from ""Gamma-Ut"", the lowest note in Medieval music notation.) The remaining five notes of the chromatic scale (the black keys on a piano keyboard) were added gradually; the first being B, since B was flattened in certain modes to avoid the dissonant tritone interval. This change was not always shown in notation, but when written, B (B-flat) was written as a Latin, round ""b"", and B (B-natural) a Gothic script (known as Blackletter) or ""hard-edged"" b. These evolved into the modern flat () and natural () symbols respectively. The sharp symbol arose from a barred"