sharp

1. A character (#) raising the following note a half-tone; if in the signature, raising every note cn the line or space it occupies. The. double s. (X) marks an elevation of two half-steps. 2. As an adj. (a) Too high in pitch. (b) Augmented or intervals). major (of (c) With sharps in the key-signature. (d) Shrill (of stops). (e) A black piano-digital; also any white digital regarded as a semitone above another. to sharpen, or sharp. To raise the pitch a semitone. -shawm. 1. Ancient Hebrew wind in str., supposed to be of the reed cla . 2. An early form of the oboe with double reeds in a mouthpiece; it still persists in the chanter of the vagpipe. 3. Vide CHALUMEAU.