flat

[Dave Nereson]

>Conrad sho nuf be a character fer "flat" it done be "-", ya know? Like as
in
>A-, as opposing A#,  or as in C major - for a diminutive. :-)
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>A musician seeing "A-" might think of a grade on a theory test before
>ascribing a value of "A-flat".  One might even think that something was
>omitted, as in... that was an A-{what}?

Not necessarily:   in fakebooks and "charts", "-" is often used for "minor",
thus a C Major chord will be just "C", and C minor will be "C-".  If tones
"added" to a chord, such as 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, are to be sharped or flatted,
they will sometimes be written as a superscript, with a  "+"  for sharp and
a  "-"  for flat in front of the number.  Chord notation on sheet music
though, is about as standardized as piano tuners' ways of spelling musical
intervals.            --David Nereson, RPT