Music in Different Keys

As you have seen in previous pages, sharps, flats and naturals may be written into music when they are needed to play particular pieces of music. However, sharps and flats are often so much a part of the music that they are shown right at the beginning of each stave, immediately after the clefs. These sharp and flat signs at the beginning of music are called 'Key Signatures' and they tell us which 'key' the music is in.

Each sharp or flat sign of the key signature is written in the position of a note. It affects ALL NOTES in the music which have the same name as the note marked. Here, the sharp sign is in the position of an 'F note (shown in brackets). It means EVERY F must be 'sharpened'

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