Sentence examples for a flat lowers from inspiring English sources

A sharp raises a note by a semitone; a flat lowers it by a semitone; a natural restores it to the original pitch.

A flat lowers it one half-step.

A flat lowers the tone a half step.

A sharp takes a note up half a step, while a flat lowers it half a step.

Anyone who's taken a drawing class remembers the rule for projecting 3D space onto a flat, lower-dimensional 2D-surface: parallel lines should appear to converge at a "vanishing point," and that gives the illusion of 3D.

But the shape and size of its canines and lower face resemble those of human ancestors that came later; it has small, unsharpened canines and a flat lower face, unlike the protruding snout of living apes.

When a thin melt inclusion having a flat lower boundary to the host mineral is analyzed, reflection from the lower boundary overlaps with the light reflected from the surface.

To help figure out how physics explains flight, students might ask themselves the following questions: "How does a plane take off?"; "Why does a plane need an engine?"; "How does the upward force (lift) work?"; "Why do the wings have a curved upper surface and a flat lower surface?"; and "Why is there a downwash behind the wings?".

The buildings have a framed structure with one-way slabs; the wide beams constitute the distinctive characteristic, their depth being equal to that of the rest of the slab, thus providing a flat lower surface, convenient for construction and the layout of facilities.

It was a seven-foot drop onto a flat, lower roof.

A flat tax lowers tax rates on the rich and increases taxes for lower-income workers.