Accidentals

Lesson 2/56 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Violin
Accidentals

Accidentals

Many melodies use notes from outside the major scale, particularly in styles such as Jazz, Blues, and modern Classical music. These "outside notes" are called accidentals. They relate to the chromatic scale which starts on the same note as the major scale of the key in which the music is written. Therefore, if you have a piece of music in the key of C, which contains notes which are not in the C major scale, you can relate these notes to the C chromatic scale.

Accidentals are indicated by the use of sharp, flat or natural signs. Accidentals are notes not contained in the key signature of a piece.

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1- The Note F Sharp (F<span class="symbolA">#</span>) 2- The Natural Minor Scale 3- The Note C on the A String 4- LESSON EIGHTEEN 5- Notes on the G String 6- Tones and Semitones 7- Using the 4th Finger 8- The D Major Scale 9- More on Keys and Key Signatures 10- The Note E on the D String 11- Developing Your Tone 12- How To Learn a New Key 13- The Major Scale 14- The Dotted Quarter Note 15- The Eighth Note 16- Accidentals 17- INTRODUCTION 18- GLOSSARY 19- Parts of the Violin and Bow 20- Sixteenth Notes 21- The Lead-In 22- How to Read Music 23- Transposing 24- The Half Note 25- The Note D 26- The Three Four Time Signature 27- Syncopation 28- Sharp Key Signatures 29- Sharps (<span class="symbolA">#</span>) and Flats (<span class="symbolA">b</span>) 30- Enharmonic Notes 31- Simple and Compound Time 32- Tempo Markings 33- Using an Electronic Tuner 34- The Key of E Minor 35- Half Position 36- The G Major Scale 37- How to Hold the Violin and Bow 38- Fingering Numbers 39- Sequences 40- The Tie 41- Music Notes 42- The Octave 43- A Word about Intonation 44- Two Octave Scales 45- Dynamics 46- How to Read the Fingering Diagrams 47- Note and Rest Values 48- Flat Key Signatures 49- First Position 50- The Chromatic Scale 51- Detached Bowing 52- The Note A on the D String 53- D.C al Fine 54- Relative Keys 55- Pizzicato 56- Playing With the Bow (Arco)

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