key signature

key signature

English

Noun

key signature (plural key signatures)

1. (music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.

   The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.

Translations

indication of the key of a composition

Czech: předznamenání n Finnish: sävellajin etumerkintä, etumerkintä (fi) French: armature (fr) f Greek: οπλισμός (el) m (oplismós)

Hungarian: előjegyzés Spanish: armadura de clave f, armadura de tonalidad f Welsh: arwydd cywair m

See also

• ♯
• ♭
• major key
• minor key
• mode