Accidental (music) Accidental (music) In music, an accidental is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (), flat (), and natural () symbols, among others, mark such notes—and those symbols are also called accidentals. In the measure (bar) where it appears, an accidental sign raises or lowers the immediately following note (and any repetition of it in the bar) from its normal pitch, overriding sharps or flats in the key signature. A note is usually raised or lowered
A-not-A question sentence pair with its Standard Chinese counterpart in (17). Note that such forms of AB-not-A in monosyllabic word is used by the old generation. When the predicate is a bi-syllabic word, then AB-not-A form is not attested as shown in (18.a), unlike it's Standard Chinese counterpart in (18.b). This form is attested in both Cantonese and its Standard Chinese counterpart as shown in the sentence pair in (18). This form is attested in both Cantonese and its Standard Chinese as shown in the sentence pair in (19). There are three salient morphological varieties of A-not-A question in Korean. And like