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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A sign used to raise or lower the pitch of a note or to cancel such a change.  4, record 1, English, - accidental

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "accidentals" usually refers only to changes made for single notes. The signs used are: the sharp, which raises the pitch one half tone; the flat, which lowers the pitch one half tone; the double sharp, which raises the pitch two half tones; the double flat, which lowers the pitch two half tones; and the natural, which cancels any of the other accidentals, including the sharps or flats in the key signature.  4, record 1, English, - accidental

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Signe d'altération qui se place devant une note pour indiquer qu'elle doit être augmentée ou diminuée d'un ou de deux demi-tons chromatiques (dièse et bémol, double-dièse et double-bémol) ou que l'on doit, après un dièse ou un bémol, revenir au degré naturel de la note (bécarre).  3, record 1, French, - accident

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish