

There are three sharps and two flats in-between the naturals, starting with a C# one fret up from the C. Here are all the sharps and flats in-between the notes of the C major scale: In the diagram above, all the notes are laid out just as they would on a fretboard. So, for instance, a C♯ is one semitone higher (or one fret up) than a C, and a D♭ is one semitone lower (or one fret down) than a D. They appear as suffixes to natural notes: A sharp is one semitone higher in pitch, while a flat is one semitone lower.

Sharps and flats are two groups of notes that differ from natural ones (C, D, E, F, G, A and B).

Learn about keys and how they’re related to scales, sharps and flats.Understand what sharps and flats are, and how they are named.
