sharp

musical sign (accidental) raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))
Place Q2542618
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sharp

Summary

sharp is a Q816335[1]. sharp has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • sharp's image is recorded as Music-sharp.svg[3].
  • sharp's image is recorded as Dièse.svg[4].
  • sharp's instance of is recorded as Q816335[5].
  • sharp's instance of is recorded as character[6].
  • sharp's part of is recorded as key signature[7].
  • sharp's Commons category is recorded as Sharps[8].
  • sharp's opposite of is recorded as flat[9].
  • sharp's Unicode character is recorded as ♯[10].
  • sharp's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011cmw[11].
  • sharp's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[12].
  • sharp's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • sharp's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/sharp[14].
  • sharp's different from is recorded as number sign[15].
  • sharp's different from is recorded as double sharp[16].
  • sharp's TeX string is recorded as \sharp[17].
  • sharp's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kryss_-_musikk[18].
  • sharp's 3D model is recorded as U+266F Noto Music 20221216.stl[19].
  • sharp's Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID is recorded as 2796[20].
  • sharp's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/419[21].
  • sharp's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06879649-n[22].
  • sharp's WikiKids ID is recorded as Kruis_(muziek)[23].
  • sharp's FOLDOC ID is recorded as sharp[24].

Body

Geography

sharp's part of is recorded as key signature[7].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Q816335[5] and character[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for sharp include shebang[25], a sequence[26], founded in 1980[27] and ♯P[28], a complexity class[29].

Why It Matters

sharp has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] sharp is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for sharp include shebang[25], a sequence[26], founded in 1980[27] and ♯P[28], a complexity class[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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