English

Proper Noun

A-flat

1. (music) A tone four fifths below C in the cycle of fifths, intermediate betwen G and A, denoted A♭.

   The basoon came in on a low A-flat.

2. (music) A key or other mechanism for producing an A-flat.

   I had to take it to the shop because the A-flat was stuck.

3. (music) The key of A-flat major.

   We will now hear the third sonata, in A-flat.

Translations

• Finnish: As
• Swedish: Ass