Sharps, Flats, and Naturals

Where do you find the sharps, flats, or naturals in a piece of music when you are doing your research?

• You find them in the time signature

• You find them in the key signature

• You find them on the metronome

• You find them where the repeats are

Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Bananas

• The first letter of each word tells you the names of the Sharps in order

• The first letter of each word tells you the names of the flats

Batman Eats Apples During Gotham City Fires

• The first letter of each word tells you the names of the sharps

• The first letter of each word tells you the name of every note in this piece of music

• The first letter of each word tells you the names of the flats in order

What does a Sharp do to change a note’s sound?

• It makes the note sound one half step lower

• It makes the note sound louder

• It makes the note sound one half step higher

What does a flat do to a note’s sound?

• It makes the note sound one half step lower

• It makes the note sound one half step higher

• It makes the note sound softer

What does a natural do to the sound of a note?

• It makes it louder

• It makes the note sound lower than a sharped note

• It makes a not sound higher than a sharped note

• It doesn’t change the sound of the note at all

What does a Flat do to a note’s sound?

• It makes the note sound higher

• It makes the note sound lower

• It makes the note sound the same