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  2. Clef - Wikipedia

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    French clef C major scale, French violin clef. Play ⓘ A G-clef placed on the first line is called the French clef, or French violin clef. It was used in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for violin music and flute music. [3] It places the notes in the same staff positions as the bass clef, but two octaves higher.

  3. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    There can be up to seven flats in a key signature, applied as: B ♭ E ♭ A ♭ D ♭ G ♭ C ♭ F ♭ [9] [10] The major scale with one flat is F major. In all major scales with flat key signatures, the tonic in a major key is a perfect fourth below the last flat.

  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. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    Use of key signature usual or unusual 15 equal temperament: 15-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 15 — — — 16 equal temperament: 16-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 16 — — 17 equal temperament: 17-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 17 — — 19 equal temperament: 19-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 19 — — 21 equal ...

  7. Key (music) - Wikipedia

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    Methods that establish the key for a particular piece can be complicated to explain and vary over music history. [citation needed] However, the chords most often used in a piece in a particular key are those that contain the notes in the corresponding scale, and conventional progressions of these chords, particularly cadences, orient the listener around the tonic.

  8. C minor - Wikipedia

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    Its key signature consists of three flats. ... The scale degree chords of C minor are: ... Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396 ...

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

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    111 Canons in all major and minor tonalities: Book I: Two-Part Canons (63) piano 1895 [be] [109] Book I: There are 2 successive canons for each key, except B and b (3 each), and f# (4). Also, e♭ appears in different places in the sequence, for a total of 4 canons. 111 Canons in all major and minor tonalities: Book II: Three-Part Canons (48 ...