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The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
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The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
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A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
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A note that is sharp in a particular key.
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The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
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The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
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Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
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(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
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Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
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A dishonest person; a cheater.
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The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
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Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
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A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
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(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
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An expert.
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A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).