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  2. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    Key signature showing F ♯ and C ♯ (the key of D major or B minor) In Western musical notation, a key signature is a set of sharp (♯), flat (♭), or rarely, natural (♮) symbols placed on the staff at the beginning of a section of music. The initial key signature in a piece is placed immediately after the clef at the beginning of the ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Clef - Wikipedia

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    In order of frequency of use, these clefs were: F, c, f, C, D, a, g, e, Γ, B, and the round and square b. [12] In later medieval music, the round b was often written in addition to another clef letter to indicate that B ♭ rather than B ♮ was to be used throughout a piece; this is the origin of the key signature .

  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. Music written in all major or minor keys - Wikipedia

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    Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, two complete sets of 24 Preludes and Fugues written for keyboard in 1722 and 1742, and often known as "the 48", is generally considered the greatest example of music traversing all 24 keys. Many later composers clearly modelled their sets on Bach's, including the order of the keys.

  7. E major - Wikipedia

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    Antonio Vivaldi used this key for the "Spring" concerto from The Four Seasons.. Johann Sebastian Bach used E major for a violin concerto, as well as for his third partita for solo violin; the key is especially appropriate for the latter piece because its tonic (E) and subdominant (A) correspond to open strings on the violin, enhancing the tone colour (and ease of playing) of the bariolage in ...

  8. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    This is the beginning of the Prelude from the Suite for Lute in G minor, BWV 995 (transcription of Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011). Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given ...

  9. A minor - Wikipedia

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    Fantasia for violin solo No. 12; Ralph Vaughan Williams. Oboe Concerto; Giovanni Battista Viotti. Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor, G. 97; Antonio Vivaldi. Concerto for violin, Op. 3/6 RV 356; Concerto for two violins, Op. 3/8 RV 522; Concerto for violin, Op. 4/4 RV 357; Concerto for violin, Op. 7/4 RV 354; Concerto for violin, Op. 9/5 RV 358