Questions tagged [accidentals]
A sign (♯, ♭, ♮) indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note a semitone, respectively called sharp, flat and natural (which cancels a previous sharp or flat.The term can also indicate the note raised or lowered. Also found as a double sharp and double flat.
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LilyPond: How to have automatic accidentals (flat-sharp-natural) without placing “!’ or “?” every time
Since the upgrade of the program, we need to always add “!’ or “?” when the accidental change in the song. We didn’t do that before, only occasionally, because back then the program would add ...
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Chopin Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 m.71 accidental and fingering
I have the Jan Ekier National Edition of Chopin's Nocturne Op.55 No.1 (first image). The second image is from a video (said to be from IMSLP). I have two questions:
The Ab and the G# in Measure 71 (...
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Figured Bass Standalone Accidentals
I'm wondering whether or not standalone accidentals always imply 3rds in figured bass notation.
Is (5)(♭)(8) the same as (5)(3♭)(8)?
Is (9)(♮) the same as (9)(3)?
Can a figure 3 always be inserted ...
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Accidentals should apply to both clefs? Chopin Op. 9 No. 2 Measure 13 [duplicate]
It's my understanding that any accidental showing on the treble clef also applies to the bass clef unless indicated otherwise, correct?
For measure 13 of Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, my Henle Verlag ...
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What is the earliest use of the note F#?
I came across Richard Taruskin's transcription of Verbum Patris humanatur, a 12th century conductus in three parts, in The Oxford History of Western Music, Vol. I. In it, he uses a ficta # above some ...
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Colon next to a flat in cello score
I'm seeing this symbol in a couple places in a score I'm transcribing, and wondering what it means:
Next to the flat in each case is a colon symbol. It only appears in the cello part, though that ...
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Why does Musescore interpret Westergaard's A-flat as G? Seeking Clarification on Pitch Spelling
I was reviewing some rules from Peter Westergaard's An Introduction to Tonal Theory. I am really only literate in the key of C major, and so I was notating one of Westergaard's example in MuseScore ...
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Playing gruppetto with accidentals
I am playing the Chopin's Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4, and I wonder how I should play the following gruppetto.
Notice that the A note is already sharp.
Much appreciate your explanations!
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Accidentals and ornaments
These are the first two bars of J. S. Bach's Fughetta in c-moll (BWV 961) as edited by Henle.
Does the second trillo in the second bar start on B flat, so that it cancels the natural on the previous ...
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What does this flat symbol over a turn mean?
I think it means for the starting note to be lowered one semitone, but I'm not sure.
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Tips for learning and memorizing passages consisting of groups of only slightly different notes?
Not sure how to word it better. I give two examples below. On the right hand (treble clef), the small groups of notes have similar patterns but vary slightly, sometimes just an accidental's difference....
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What does this sharp sign with an arrow mean?
I've seen this symbol (that looks like a sharp sign with an arrow sticking out of it) in some meme videos, but I don't know what it means:
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What does this T-with-a-bar-in-the-middle accidental mean?
I've never seen it before, and I found it on this video. I know it's an accidental, though.
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Clarification about the little x
I read through many comments and think I generally understand the idea of a little x. So I am now seeing one in a piece of music (More, Quincy Jones, transcribed by Boris Myagkov, for alto sax) which ...
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Are accidentals written as sharps or flats in the key of C?
The title of my question pretty well encompasses the entirety of it. It falls outside the realm of sticking with the key signature as it is neither sharp nor flat.
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