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If there's ever any ambiguity whether a note name means its normal version as in the chromatic scale, or a flatted or sharped version, the {{natural}} symbol can be used to indicate the neither sharped or flatted version. This comes in handy when we are using a key that doesn't have a natural note but we want to play the natural note. For instance, the key of C{{s}} contains (C{{s}} D{{s}} E{{s}} F{{s}} G{{s}} A{{s}} B{{s}}). If I said, "play an A," this might mean play the A{{s}} from the scale, but if I said, "play A{{natural}}", you would know exactly what note to play.
==== Enharmonic Notes ====
Two notes are <u>enharmonic</u> if they have the same pitch but are spelled differently. For example, B and C{{b}} are enharmonic, as are B{{s}} and C. As noted above, notes can have multiple sharp/flat symbols, which gives us a wide variety of enharmonic notes.
* C = D{{b}}{{b}} = E{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}{{b}} = G{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}{{b}}
* C = B{{s}} = A{{s}}{{s}}{{s}} = G {{s}}{{s}}{{s}}{{s}}{{s}}
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