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- Key_signature abstract "In musical notation, a key signature is a set of sharp or flat symbols placed together on the staff. Key signatures are generally written immediately after the clef at the beginning of a line of musical notation, although they can appear in other parts of a score, notably after a double barline.A key signature designates notes that are to be played higher or lower than the corresponding natural notes and applies through to the end of the piece or up to the next key signature. A sharp symbol on a line or space in the key signature raises the notes on that line or space one semitone above the natural, and a flat lowers such notes one semitone. Further, a symbol in the key signature affects all the notes of one letter: for instance, a sharp on the top line of the treble staff applies to Fs not only on that line, but also to Fs in the bottom space of the staff, and to any other Fs. This convention was not universal until the late Baroque/early Classical period, however; music published in the 1720s and 30s, for example, uses key signatures showing sharps or flats on both octaves for notes which fall within the staff.An accidental is an exception to the key signature, applying only in the measure in which it appears.Although a key signature may be written using any combination of sharp and flat symbols, about a dozen diatonic key signatures are by far the most common, and their use is assumed in much of this article. A piece scored using a single diatonic key signature and no accidentals contains notes of at most seven of the twelve pitch classes, which seven being determined by the particular key signature.Each major and minor key has an associated key signature that sharpens or flattens the notes which are used in its scale. However, it is not uncommon for a piece to be written with a key signature that does not match its key, for example, in some Baroque pieces, or in transcriptions of traditional modal folk tunes.".
- Key_signature thumbnail A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg?width=300.
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- Key_signature wikiPageRevisionID "707746516".
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink A-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink A-flat_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink A-sharp_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink A_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink A_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Accidental_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Anhemitonic_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Atonality.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink B-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink B-flat_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink B_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink B_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Bar_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Baroque_music.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Béla_Bartók.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink C-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink C-sharp_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink C-sharp_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink C_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink C_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_notation.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Circle_of_fifths.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Clef.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Common_practice_period.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Crook_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink D-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink D-sharp_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink D_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink D_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Degree_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Diatonic_and_chromatic.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Diatonic_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Dorian_mode.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink E-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink E-flat_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink E_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink E_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Enharmonic.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Equal_temperament.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink F-sharp_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink F-sharp_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink F_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink F_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Flat_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Frederic_Rzewski.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink French_horn.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink G-flat_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink G-sharp_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink G_major.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink G_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Great_Highland_Bagpipe.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Iberian_Peninsula.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Isaac_Albéniz.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Johann_Sebastian_Bach.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Josquin_des_Prez.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Key_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Key_signature_names_and_translations.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Klezmer.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Leading-tone.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink List_of_compositions_by_Johann_Sebastian_Bach.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Lydian_mode.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Lynn_Ahrens.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Major_and_minor.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Major_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Medieval_music.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Mikrokosmos_(Bartók).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Minor_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Minor_third.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Mode_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Modulation_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Musical_notation.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Musical_note.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Natural_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Octatonic_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Octave.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Ottorino_Respighi.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Parallel_key.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Percussion_instrument.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Perfect_fifth.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Perfect_fourth.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Phrygian_dominant_scale.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Pines_of_Rome.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Pitch_class.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Relative_key.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Scale_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Scorewriter.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Semitone.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Seussical.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Sharp_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Sheet_music.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Staff_(music).
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Stephen_Flaherty.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Subdominant.
- Key_signature wikiPageWikiLink Submediant.