Meaning Key signature
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Key signatureThe key signature is the presence of sharps or flats, or absence of either, at the beginning of a piece of music, indicating the sharps, flats and naturals belonging to the key of the music. Since a major or minor scale, the two now in common use, has a fixed order of tones and semitones (whole steps and half steps), these can only be preserved whe [..]
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Key signatureThe flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
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Key signaturesharps or flats at the beginning of each staff to indicate the key of the composition.
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Key signaturethe sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a composition or line of music denoting the scale on which the music is based.
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Key signature[0] sharps or flats that are placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitch classes that are to be so altered on that staff. Notice that, contrary to common thought, a key signature (sic) does not specify key.
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Key signatureSharps or flats placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key of a passage or work.
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Key signaturesharps or flats that are placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key of a musical composition or a musical passage in the song.
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Key signatureThe sharps and flats indicated at the beginning of a song, referring to the key of the song or piece of music.
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Key signatureThe flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
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Key signatureA key signature is the group of sharps or flats that comes at the beginning of each line of written music, to remind you to play them.
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Key signatureA grouping of accidentals placed at the beginning of a composition or section to indicate key
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Key signaturean arrangement of sharps or flats located at the far left of every staff. This collection of sharps or flats indicates the “pitches” to be used during the given piece of music. For example, if an F# i [..]
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Key signatureThe flat (b) and sharp (#) symbols at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played (from [Springer 2009] ).
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Key signature
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.
''The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.''
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