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  2. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    There can be up to seven sharps in a key signature, appearing in this order: F ♯ C ♯ G ♯ D ♯ A ♯ E ♯ B ♯. [9] [10] The key note or tonic of a piece in a major key is a semitone above the last sharp in the signature. [11] For example, the key of D major has a key signature of F ♯ and C ♯, and the tonic (D) is a semitone above C

  3. D major - Wikipedia

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    The key is also appropriate for guitar music, with drop D tuning making two D's available as open strings. For some beginning wind instrument students, however, D major is not a very suitable key, since it transposes to E major on B ♭ wind instruments, and beginning methods generally tend to avoid keys with more than three sharps.

  4. Music written in all major or minor keys - Wikipedia

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    In practice, the choice of key name is restricted to the 30 keys whose signatures have no double flats or double sharps. (Such key signatures are used for so-called theoretical keys which are almost never encountered outside music-theoretical exercises.) [ b ] Keys with 6 flats and 6 sharps, [ c ] with 7 flats and 5 sharps [ d ] and with 5 ...

  5. Key signature names and translations - Wikipedia

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    When a musical key or key signature is referred to in a language other than English, that language may use the usual notation used in English (namely the letters A to G, along with translations of the words sharp, flat, major and minor in that language): languages which use the English system include Irish, Welsh, Hindi, Japanese (based on katakana in iroha order), Korean (based on hangul in ...

  6. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A key signature indicates the prevailing key of the music and eliminates the need to use accidentals for the notes that are always flat or sharp in that key. A key signature with no flats or sharps generally indicates the key of C major or A minor, but can also indicate that pitches will be notated with accidentals as required.

  7. Two sharps - Wikipedia

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    D major, a major musical key with two sharps; B minor, a minor musical key with two sharps This page was last edited on 15 February 2020, at 19:46 (UTC). Text is ...

  8. Major scale - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, the key signature of the piece of music (or section) will generally reflect the accidentals in the corresponding major scale. For instance, if a piece of music is in E ♭ major, then the seven pitches in the E ♭ major scale (E ♭ , F, G, A ♭ , B ♭ , C and D) are considered diatonic pitches, and the other five pitches (E ...

  9. B minor - Wikipedia

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    Parallel key: B major: Dominant key: F-sharp minor: Subdominant: ... Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major.