Accidental (music)

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Accidental (music)

Summary

Accidental (music) is a musical concept[1]. Accidental (music) has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Accidental (music)'s instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • Accidental (music)'s subclass of is recorded as note sign[4].
  • Accidental (music)'s part of is recorded as figuring[5].
  • Accidental (music)'s Commons category is recorded as Accidentals[6].
  • Accidental (music)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b45d[7].
  • Accidental (music)'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:Accidentals[8].
  • Accidental (music)'s described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Accidental (music)'s partially coincident with is recorded as key signature[10].
  • Accidental (music)'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/accidental[11].
  • Accidental (music)'s BabelNet ID is recorded as 00000693n[12].
  • Accidental (music)'s Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as fortegn_-_musikk[13].
  • Accidental (music)'s Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126965237[14].
  • Accidental (music)'s Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/415[15].
  • Accidental (music)'s OpenAlex ID is recorded as C126965237[16].
  • Accidental (music)'s Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 594890[17].
  • Accidental (music)'s The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID is recorded as 60[18].

Why It Matters

Accidental (music) has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Accidental (music). Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidental-music-
MLA “Accidental (music).” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidental-music-.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_accidental-music-_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Accidental (music)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidental-music-}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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