Sharp (music)
| ♯ | |
|---|---|
Sharp | |
| In Unicode | U+266F ♯ MUSIC SHARP SIGN (♯) |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+0023 # NUMBER SIGN U+2317 ⌗ VIEWDATA SQUARE U+22D5 ⋕ EQUAL AND PARALLEL TO U+4E95 井 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E95 |
| Related | |
| See also | U+266D ♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN |
In music, sharp – eqv. dièse (from French) or diesis (from Greek δίεσις) – means higher in pitch. The sharp symbol, ♯, indicates that the note to which the symbol is applied is played one semitone higher. The opposite of sharp is flat, indicating a lowering of pitch. The symbol derives from a square form of the letter b.