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music-glossary: accidental

 
 1.7 accidental
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 ES: alteración accidental, I: alterazione, accidente, F: altération
 accidentelle, D: Versetzungszeichen, Akzidenz, NL: toevallig
 (verplaatsings)teken, DK: løst fortegn, S: tillfälligt förtecken, FI:
 tilapäinen etumerkki.
 
    An accidental alters a note by:
 
    • Raising its pitch:
         • By two semitones—double sharp
         • By one semitone—sharp
 
    • Lowering its pitch:
         • By one semitone—flat
         • By two semitones—double flat
 
    • Or canceling the effects of the key signature or previous
      accidentals.
 
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 See also
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    alteration, semitone, whole tone.
 

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