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1.7 accidental
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.
![[image of music]](../b2/lily-783caf72.png)
See also
alteration, semitone, whole tone.
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