black note
Ebony key sound
A black note is one of the raised keys on a piano keyboard, corresponding to sharps and flats.
These five keys per octave—the "black keys"—sit between certain white notes and produce pitches a half step higher or lower than their neighbors: She played the melody using only the black notes.
Fast, complex jazz style
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
piano · double bass · scat · harmony · syncopation · rhythm section · solo · jam session
Fine-edged, or astute
- flatLacking vertical variation
- accidentalOccurring by chance
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- half stepSmallest Western musical interval
keyboard · octave · chromatic · enharmonic · fingering · pentatonic · F-sharp · C-sharp
bebop
Fast, complex jazz style
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
trumpet · piano · double bass · scat · harmony · syncopation · rhythm section · solo · jam session · combo
sharp
Fine-edged, or astute
- flatLacking vertical variation
- accidentalOccurring by chance
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
half step · keyboard · octave · chromatic · enharmonic · fingering · pentatonic · F-sharp · C-sharp · G-sharp
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
anguish · sadness · gloom · mourning · heartache · woe · misery · loneliness · lament · blues