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In standard music notation, the order in which sharps or flats appear in key signatures is uniform, following the circle of fifths: F ♯, C ♯, G ♯, D ♯, A ♯, E ♯, B ♯, and B ♭, E ♭, A ♭, D ♭, G ♭, C ♭, F ♭. Musicians can identify the key by the number of sharps or flats shown, since they always appear in the same order.
A musical passage notated as flats. The same passage notated as sharps, requiring fewer canceling natural signs. Sets of notes that involve pitch relationships — scales, key signatures, or intervals, [1] for example — can also be referred to as enharmonic (e.g., the keys of C ♯ major and D ♭ major contain identical pitches and are therefore enharmonic).
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The notation of non-pitched percussion instruments is less standardized, and therefore often includes a key or legend specifying which line or space each individual instrument will be notated on. Cymbals are usually notated with 'x' note heads , drums with normal elliptical note heads and auxiliary percussion with alternative note heads. [ 1 ]
These alterations apply to the note as if it were a "natural", regardless of the key signature (see the F in measure 2 of the Chopin example below). If a note with a double sharp or double flat is followed by a note in the same position with a single sharp or single flat, there are two common notations. Modern notation simply uses a single flat ...
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Segno A contrived example showing DS al FINE. Play ⓘ Use of Dal Segno eliminates the need to write out extra measures, often many more than in this example. The notes are to be played in this order: G A B B C' A B B C' C.