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In musical notation
Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written Modern musical symbols....
, a natural sign is an accidental
Accidental (music)

In music, an accidental is a note whose Pitch is not a member of a Musical scale or Musical mode indicated by the Modulation key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, Sharp , Flat , and Natural sign , may also be called accidentals....
 sign used to cancel a flat or sharp
Sharp (music)

In music, sharp means higher in pitch. More specifically, in musical notation, sharp means "higher in pitch by a semitone ," and has an associated symbol , which is often confused with the number sign ....
 from either a preceding note or the key signature
Key signature

In musical notation, a key signature is a series of Sharp or Flat symbols placed on the staff , designating note s that are to be consistently played one semitone higher or lower than the equivalent natural sign notes unless otherwise altered with an Accidental ....
. If a bar
Bar (music)

In musical notation, a bar is a segment of time defined as a given number of beat of a given duration. The word measure is heard more frequently in the United States, while bar is used in other English-speaking countries, although musicians generally understand both usages....
 contains a double sharp or double flat accidental
Accidental (music)

In music, an accidental is a note whose Pitch is not a member of a Musical scale or Musical mode indicated by the Modulation key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, Sharp , Flat , and Natural sign , may also be called accidentals....
 and the composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 wishes to denote the same note with only a single sharp or flat, a natural sign traditionally precedes the (single) sharp or flat symbol.






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In musical notation
Musical notation

Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written Modern musical symbols....
, a natural sign is an accidental
Accidental (music)

In music, an accidental is a note whose Pitch is not a member of a Musical scale or Musical mode indicated by the Modulation key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, Sharp , Flat , and Natural sign , may also be called accidentals....
 sign used to cancel a flat or sharp
Sharp (music)

In music, sharp means higher in pitch. More specifically, in musical notation, sharp means "higher in pitch by a semitone ," and has an associated symbol , which is often confused with the number sign ....
 from either a preceding note or the key signature
Key signature

In musical notation, a key signature is a series of Sharp or Flat symbols placed on the staff , designating note s that are to be consistently played one semitone higher or lower than the equivalent natural sign notes unless otherwise altered with an Accidental ....
. If a bar
Bar (music)

In musical notation, a bar is a segment of time defined as a given number of beat of a given duration. The word measure is heard more frequently in the United States, while bar is used in other English-speaking countries, although musicians generally understand both usages....
 contains a double sharp or double flat accidental
Accidental (music)

In music, an accidental is a note whose Pitch is not a member of a Musical scale or Musical mode indicated by the Modulation key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, Sharp , Flat , and Natural sign , may also be called accidentals....
 and the composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 wishes to denote the same note with only a single sharp or flat, a natural sign traditionally precedes the (single) sharp or flat symbol. Naturals are assumed (by default) in key signatures and mentioned only in key signature changes.

In highly chromatic and atonal music, to prevent any ambiguity in performance, natural signs may be placed in front of any note that is to be neither flattened (flatted) nor sharpened (sharped).

The Unicode
Unicode

Unicode is a computing industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate Character expressed in most of the world's writing systems....
 character MUSIC NATURAL SIGN '' (U+266E) should display as a natural sign.