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  2. C-flat major - Wikipedia

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    C-flat major is the home key of the harp, with all its pedals in the top position, and it is considered the most resonant key for the instrument.Thus, in Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, the first cue for the harps is written in C-flat major even though the rest of the orchestra, having previously played in E-flat major, retains a 3-flat key signature and is now playing in B major, marked ...

  3. C (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    C or Do is the first note of the C major scale, the third note of the A minor scale (the relative minor of C major), and the fourth note (G, A, B, C) of the Guidonian hand, commonly pitched around 261.63 Hz.

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Notes that are shown as sharp or flat in a key signature will be played that way in every octave—e.g., a key signature with a B ♭ indicates that every B is played as a B ♭. 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 ...

  6. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    Accidental symbols are placed to the right of a note's letter when written in text (e.g. F ♯ is F-sharp, B ♭ is B-flat, and Cis C natural), but are placed to the left of a note's head when drawn on a staff.

  7. Letter notation - Wikipedia

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    Note names are also used for specifying the natural scale of a transposing instrument such as a clarinet, trumpet, or saxophone. The note names used are conventional, for example a clarinet is said to be in B ♭, E ♭, or A (the three most common registers), never in A ♯, and D ♯, and B (double-flat), while an alto flute is in G. [2]

  8. Flat (music) - Wikipedia

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    The flat symbol (♭) is used in two ways: It is placed in key signatures to mark lines whose notes are flattened throughout that section of music; it may also be an "accidental" that precedes an individual note and indicates that the note should be lowered temporarily, until the following bar line.

  9. Natural (music) - Wikipedia

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    F ♭, C ♭, E ♯, B ♯, and most notes inflected by double-flats and double-sharps correspond in pitch with natural notes but are regarded as enharmonic equivalents of the natural note. The natural sign is derived from a square b used to denote B ♮ in medieval music (in contrast with the round b denoting B ♭ , which became the flat symbol).