1.7 accidental
ES: alteración accidental, I: accidento, 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:
- A double sharp, by two semitones (a whole tone)
- A sharp, by one semitone
- Lowering its pitch:
- A flat, by one semitone
- A double flat, by two semitones (a whole tone)
- Canceling the effects of the key signature or previous accidentals.
See also
alteration, semitone, whole tone.