Ah, the internet in 2014...

[TPMB4]

Paul - as a music nut can you answer this for me. Is there another symbol used in music which is like a sharp symbol but with alternate ends of it missing? The sharp sign is made with two sets of two often equal length parallel lines perpendicular to each other, right. The one I am thinking of (I can't find an example to post here) is where the two vertical lines are shorter, The left vertical is shorter at the top end and the right is shorter at the bottom end (or the opposite) so that it is like the sharp but missing two loose ends.

Not sure I've explained it well enough but perhaps you could interpret my ramblings into something clear enough to answer. I have this feeling it is used after the clef as a kind of half sharp signifier but it is soooo very long since my last music lesson and exam (only got grade 1 in music theory in the UK - but got 97% and I was only 9 y.o. which I'm kind of pathetically still proud of).

I must admit I have a little bit of interest in the vagaries of the English Language. I say English but I think we now have English, American, Australian and other variations or perhaps dialects of English now. I don't have the patience to read books or websites on it though but much enjoy stumbling on what is often useless trivia about the English Language and its origins. Just wish I could read old English (the language of the times from Chaucer and earlier IIRC).

 

[Jim Wynne]

Paul - as a music nut can you answer this for me. Is there another symbol used in music which is like a sharp symbol but with alternate ends of it missing? The sharp sign is made with two sets of two often equal length parallel lines perpendicular to each other, right. The one I am thinking of (I can't find an example to post here) is where the two vertical lines are shorter, The left vertical is shorter at the top end and the right is shorter at the bottom end (or the opposite) so that it is like the sharp but missing two loose ends.

Not sure I've explained it well enough but perhaps you could interpret my ramblings into something clear enough to answer. I have this feeling it is used after the clef as a kind of half sharp signifier but it is soooo very long since my last music lesson and exam (only got grade 1 in music theory in the UK - but got 97% and I was only 9 y.o. which I'm kind of pathetically still proud of).

I must admit I have a little bit of interest in the vagaries of the English Language. I say English but I think we now have English, American, Australian and other variations or perhaps dialects of English now. I don't have the patience to read books or websites on it though but much enjoy stumbling on what is often useless trivia about the English Language and its origins. Just wish I could read old English (the language of the times from Chaucer and earlier IIRC).

List of music symbols

 

[Ninja]

Paul - as a music nut can you answer this for me. Is there another symbol used in music which is like a sharp symbol but with alternate ends of it missing? The sharp sign is made with two sets of two often equal length parallel lines perpendicular to each other, right. The one I am thinking of (I can't find an example to post here) is where the two vertical lines are shorter, The left vertical is shorter at the top end and the right is shorter at the bottom end (or the opposite) so that it is like the sharp but missing two loose ends.

Perhaps you are referring to the "natural" symbol?

...used to remove the sharp or flat set by the key...

 

[PaulJSmith]

Paul - as a music nut can you answer this for me. Is there another symbol used in music which is like a sharp symbol but with alternate ends of it missing? The sharp sign is made with two sets of two often equal length parallel lines perpendicular to each other, right. The one I am thinking of (I can't find an example to post here) is where the two vertical lines are shorter, The left vertical is shorter at the top end and the right is shorter at the bottom end (or the opposite) so that it is like the sharp but missing two loose ends.

Sounds like you're describing the "natural" sign, used when a particular note in the key you are playing is supposed to be sharp or flat, but played natural for that one instant or measure.

Just wish I could read old English (the language of the times from Chaucer and earlier IIRC).

You and me both. Languages of the past seem much more entertaining that our current abominations.

 

[gbcqc]

Growing up # was the pound sign or some people used it as number sign.

Example: SS# or Part# - has anyone else seen of heard that?

 

[Stijloor]

@ is known in Dutch as "Apestaartje", meaning Monkey tail.

# is "Hekje", meaning Little gate.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Growing up # was the pound sign or some people used it as number sign.

Example: SS# or Part# - has anyone else seen of heard that?

I think that in the US those uses are common. "Part #12345 weighs 42#"

 

[Wes Bucey]

I think that in the US those uses are common. "Part #12345 weighs 42#"

You mean it's NOT an invitation to play tic-tac-toe with a very sharp pencil?

 

[PaulJSmith]

@ is known in Dutch as "Apestaartje", meaning Monkey tail.

# is "Hekje", meaning Little gate.

Huh ... that's fascinating. I love learning stuff like that. Thanks, Jan.