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Why are those little hashtags in sheet music? - 887 - 04-07-2014 04:29 AM My friend is a violin player, and I just glanced at her sheet music. And I saw three little hashtags in the corner. I asked her what those hashtags were, and she just looked at me like I'm an idiot. Seriously, what idiot writes hashtags on music?? - Rachel - 04-07-2014 04:37 AM . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ,.-‘â€. . . . . . . . . .``~., . . . . . . . .. . . . . .,.-â€. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“-., . . . . .. . . . . . ..,/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . â€:, . . . . . . . .. .,?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\, . . . . . . . . . /. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,} . . . . . . . . ./. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,:`^`.} . . . . . . . ./. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,:â€. . . ./ . . . . . . .?. . . __. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :`. . . ./ . . . . . . . /__.(. . .“~-,_. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,:`. . . .. ./ . . . . . . /(_. . â€~,_. . . ..“~,_. . . . . . . . . .,:`. . . . _/ . . . .. .{.._$;_. . .â€=,_. . . .“-,_. . . ,.-~-,}, .~â€; /. .. .} . . .. . .((. . .*~_. . . .â€=-._. . .“;,,./`. . /†. . . ./. .. ../ . . . .. . .\`~,. . ..“~.,. . . . . . . . . ..`. . .}. . . . . . ../ . . . . . .(. ..`=-,,. . . .`. . . . . . . . . . . ..(. . . ;_,,-†. . . . . ../.`~,. . ..`-.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..\. . /\ . . . . . . \`~.*-,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..|,./.....\,__ ,,_. . . . . }.>-._\. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|. . . . . . ..`=~-, . .. `=~-,_\_. . . `\,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ . . . . . . . . . .`=~-,,.\,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `:,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . `\. . . . . . ..__ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .`=-,. . . . . . . . . .,%`>--==`` . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _\. . . . . ._,-%. . . ..`\ I have lost faith in all humanity - ☢ ASOT600 ☢ - 04-07-2014 04:45 AM It means a note is 'sharp'. Let's take the note 'C'. 'C#' means (apart from being a programming language) that you play the BLACK note, ONE TO THE RIGHT of the standard 'C' white note. Here's a nice diagram: http://www.piano-keyboard-guide.com/images/piano-keyboard_diagram_2.JPG Notice that sharp notes (#) are always one to the RIGHT, whereas flat notes (b) are one to the LEFT. Obviously a C# is the same as a D flat. If you look at C flat though (ie the black note one to the left of white C), there isn't one. There's a gap. - Clove Horan - 04-07-2014 04:57 AM can i stab you please - Chloe Tiscali - 04-07-2014 05:12 AM * FacePalm* They mean that the line that the "Hashtag" is on you play as a sharp not as a normal. Unless instructed otherwise. - Laurel - 04-07-2014 05:22 AM That little 'hashtag' indicates a note that is sharp, which means a half-step higher than it would regularly be. Since there were three, your friend has to play three notes sharp each time she comes across it in her music. - dlashof - 04-07-2014 05:25 AM Every single "Idiot" that has ever written music uses "hashtags - #" that is the international symbol for sharps. Without them and the "b" (although it is slanted) that is used to symbolize a flat, that is how you define the key that the music is written in. They have been used for that a long time before Twitter came along. - Fat Patricia - 04-07-2014 05:41 AM honey, you're embarrassing our generation. The "hashtag" (actually a "sharp") means to play the note you would normally play one half-step above it.(usually the black key--for a piano) since there were three "hashtags" every time your friend sees an F, C, or a G, she will play an F#, C#, or G# unless otherwise instructed |