Section 1.4 Accidentals
There are five types of accidentals; accidentals are characters that can be placed before notes to raise or lower them.
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The sharp symbol—♯—raises a pitch a half step.
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The double sharp symbol—𝄪—raises a pitch two half steps, or a whole step.
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The double flat symbol—𝄫—lowers a pitch two half steps, or a whole step.
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The natural symbol—♮—cancels out any other accidentals that may have occurred earlier in a measure or in Major Key Signatures or Minor Key Signatures.
