Sharp (music)

This article is about the musical notation. For alternate uses, see Sharp (disambiguation).

), which looks somewhat like a "#" (number sign). The Unicode character '♯' (U+266F) may display as a sharp sign on some computers, and '𝄪' (U+1D12A) may display as a double sharp.

and raise a note by two semitones, or a whole step. Less often one will encounter half or three quarter, or otherwise modified, sharps.

In tuning, sharp can also mean "slightly higher in pitch". If two simultaneous notes are slightly out of tune, the higher-pitched one (assuming the lower one is properly pitched) is said to be sharp with respect to the other.

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