SHARP (Diesis, from Lat. Divisio; Fr. Dièse). The term which expresses the raising of a note by a less quantity than a whole tone. F sharp is half a tone higher than F natural: a singer ‘sang sharp
’—that is, sang slightly higher than the accompaniment; ‘the pitch was sharpened
’—that is, was slightly raised.
The sign for a sharp in practical music is ♯; for a double sharp, two half tones, ×. In French the same signs are...