accidentals
Sharps and flats
Accidentals are the sharps, flats, and naturals that appear in musical notation to raise or lower a note's pitch outside the key signature.
They apply only within the measure where they appear: The accidentals in that passage make it tricky to sight-read.
In a looser sense, accidentals are incidental items or minor additions to something larger.
Symbols raising pitch
- flatsDwellings or low shoes
- naturalsThose innately skilled
- chromaticRelating to color
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
enharmonic · modulation · pitch · alteration · staff · clef · measure · bar
Items not required
- extrasAdditional items included
- peripheralsExternal computer equipment
- secondariesLesser or auxiliary things
- ancillariesSupplementary or supporting items
subsidiaries · appendages · additions · supplements · adjuncts · accessories · trimmings · frills
Minor unfortunate occurrences
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- oversightsFailures to notice
- slipsMinor mistakes made
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
missteps · collisions · crashes · spills · breakdowns · derailments · incidents · faults
sharps
Symbols raising pitch
semitone · enharmonic · modulation · pitch · alteration · staff · clef · measure · bar · ledger
nonessentials
Items not required
- extrasAdditional items included
- peripheralsExternal computer equipment
- secondariesLesser or auxiliary things
ancillaries · subsidiaries · appendages · additions · supplements · adjuncts · accessories · trimmings · frills · side-effects
mishaps
Minor unfortunate occurrences
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- oversightsFailures to notice
- slipsMinor mistakes made
blunders · missteps · collisions · crashes · spills · breakdowns · derailments · incidents · faults · anomalies
- music basicsnotes, rests, beats, rhythm patterns, melody
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- sheet musicsheet music, treble clef, score, notes, scores
- music theorynote, notes, chord, chords, harmony
accidentalsessentials
Indispensable items or elements
essences · necessities · fundamentals · substantials · intrinsics
- accidentally on purposeIntentionally feigning accident
- accidental deathUnintentional fatal outcome
- accidental click
- accidental shootingUnintentional firearm injury
- accidental injuryUnplanned physical harm
- accidental damageHarm from unplanned mishaps