Music notation glossary · Accidentals
Natural
back to the plain note
As a Unicode character — to paste into text, spreadsheets or chat. Whether it appears depends on the font.
In the score
What it means
Cancels a sharp or a flat — the note applies without an accidental again. It works against the key signature just as it does against an accidental earlier in the same bar.
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