The Accidentals in a band. Of the band's name origins, the band have stated in radio interviews that they had decided on "The Accidentals" because of the accidental note in music, which is denoted by a pitch that is not a member of the scale or mode that is specified by the most recently applied key signature, and the coincidental qualities behind its relation to their meeting each other by chance. On May 21, 2012, the Accidentals released their self-produced debut full-length album, "Tangled Red and Blue". The album features 13 tracks ranging across a spectrum of contemporary folk sounds and was
Key signature sometimes is this change indicated with a change of key signature; if not, the passage in the second key will not have a matching key signature. The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 by Bach has no key signature, leading it to be called the "Dorian", but it is still in D minor; the Bs that occur in the piece are written with accidentals. Keys which are associated with the same key signature are called relative keys. When musical modes, such as Lydian or Dorian, are written using key signatures, they are called "transposed modes". Exceptions to common-practice-period