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key signature
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key signature
n. Music
The group of sharps or flats placed to the right of the clef on a staff to identify the key.
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key signature
key signature for A major

key signature
n
(Music / Classical Music) Music a group of sharps or flats appearing at the beginning of each stave line to indicate the key in which a piece, section, etc., is to be performed
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Noun1.key signature - the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
Translations
key signature n (Mus) → armatura
key signature n (Mus) → armatura


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Key signatures only expand to two sharps and two flats (big selling point with most students, alas) with chords, chromatic scale and syncopation introduced gently.
I think it's when you have the ability to work through the sheet music for a song you'd like to play, or especially to understand key signatures and chord progressions and to be able to sit down and improvise.
Anyone wishing to put their music on paper can use NotePad to set up a music score and enter clefs, time signatures, key signatures, notes, rests, lyrics, markings and musical instructions.
 
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