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ACCIDENTALS USED IN MUSIC: SHARP, FLAT, NATURAL, DOUBLE SHARP, DOUBLE FLAT

In sheet music or other music notation, you could run across any of these five kinds of accidentals:

1. Sharp (♯): raises a note by one semitone;
2. Flat (♭): lowers a note by one semitone;
3. Natural (♮): restores a raised or lowered note back to its“natural” state;
4. Double sharp ( ♯♯, normally symbolized like this: 𝄪): raises a note by two semitones;
5. Double flat (♭♭): lowers a note by two semitones.

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