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A modified sharp or flat raising or lowering by a quarter tone.
Also known as: Microtonal accidental, Half sharp accidental, Half flat accidental
A quarter-tone accidental raises or lowers a pitch by half the interval an ordinary sharp or flat does, written with a modified sharp or a reversed flat.
Alters a pitch by a quarter tone, half the interval of an ordinary accidental.
Contexts: Music
Is written differently by different composers and publishers, so a quarter-tone score usually explains its own accidentals in a preface.
Contexts: Music
A sharp with one vertical stroke instead of two, or a flat drawn reversed, placed before the notehead.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.