What is a sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note called?
accidental — (Mus.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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