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Lesson 5 Sharps, flats, and naturals

Learn music theory: ABRSM Grades 1&2

Learning objectives

• What are accidentals: sharp, flat, and natural

• How we can move between sharp, flat, and natural

Sharp, flat, and natural

• The white notes are called C, D, E, F, G, A, and B

• But what are the black notes called?

Sharp, flat, and natural

• First we must know how to write sharp, flat, and natural!

• Sharp:

• Flat:

• Natural:

These are called accidentals

A piano keyboard

C D E F G A B C D

C# D#E#

F# G# A#B#

C#

A piano keyboard

C D E F G A B C D

Db EbFb

Gb Ab BbCb

DbC# D#

E#

F# G# A#

B#

C#

A piano keyboard

C D E F G A B C D

Db EbFb

Gb Ab BbCb

DbC# D#

E#

F# G# A#

B#

C#

So what is “natural”?

• If you make a note sharp, it stays sharp until the end of the bar

We make this note sharp

This one is also sharpAnd this one…This one too,

but not after the bar

This one is not sharpAnd we make it

sharp again

So what is “natural”?

• If you make a note sharp, it stays sharp until the end of the bar

We make this note sharp

This one is also sharpNow this one is natural (just A, the white note)

This one we make sharp

again

This one is not sharpAnd we make it

sharp again

So what is “natural”?

• If you make a note sharp, it stays sharp until the end of the bar

We make this note sharp

We make this one flatNow this one is natural (just A, the white note)

This one we make sharp

again

This one is naturalAnd we make it

sharp again

We have seen…

• What are accidentals: sharp, flat, and natural

• How we can move between sharp, flat, and natural