G flat

American  

[jee flat] / ˈdʒi ˈflæt /

noun

1. Music. a note that is half a step lower in pitch than G.

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Example Sentences

The order of flats is the reverse of the order of sharps: B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G flat, C flat, F flat.

From Literature

Figure 4.61: Using this figure of a keyboard, or the fingerings from your own instrument, notice that the notes for the F sharp major scale and the G flat major scale in Figure 4.60, although spelled differently, will sound the same.

From Literature

But it is important to notice that you can move that song in C major to E major, G flat major, or any other major key.

From Literature

Instead, Carnival-owned Holland America Line features a performance from cruise musician Mohamed Shams, who plays Schubert’s “Impromptu in G flat minor” from his grandmother’s house in Queens, New York - her teddy bear collection perched atop the piano.

From Reuters

“Trauermarsch” is based on a falling semitone, G flat down to F, that instantly recalls fateful motifs in Wagner and Mahler, but it takes those associations in a direction wholly new.

From New York Times