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

• Catalan: armadura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調號／调号 (zh) (diàohào)

• Czech: předznamenání n
• Estonian: võtmemärk
• Finnish: sävellajin etumerkintä, etumerkintä (fi)
• French: armure (fr) f, armature (fr) f
• German: Vorzeichnung f
• Greek: οπλισμός (el) m (oplismós)
• Hungarian: előjegyzés (hu)
• Polish: znaki przykluczowe m pl
• Spanish: armadura de clave f, armadura de tonalidad f
• Welsh: arwydd cywair m

See also

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