"♭" meaning in All languages combined

See ♭ on Wiktionary

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: Originally a lowercase b written with a round loop (the so called "round B" or "B rotundum") to distinguish from a lowercase b written with a square loop ("square B" or "B quadratum"), when the only notes used in (Western) music were what are now considered C, D, E, F, G, A, B-flat and B. The round B was used for the former and the square B for the latter. The round B was then later generalized as the symbol for flat notes. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} ♭, {{mul-symbol}} ♭
  1. (music) A flat; a bemol (a note one semitone lower). Categories (topical): Music Related terms: 𝄫 (english: double flat)

Alternative forms

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