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key signatures everything you need to know so you don't fail music class in just six minutes key signatures are a musical notation that indicates which notes are sharp or flat in a piece of music they're a useful shorthand because this looks pretty cumbersome but this doesn't look so bad but both pieces would actually sound the same because of the key signature this indicates that all FS CS and G's are sharp and this one says that all B's E's and A's are flat it's important to note that this means all apps are sharp not just this one but this one this one this one this one and this one too and it's pretty important to play the right key signature because it can really change the sound of a piece there are 15 key signatures in total corresponding with the 15 major scales littering the mall is an important rite of passage for a musician you'll probably memorize them over time through sheer exposure and practice kind of like the way you probably memorized all the street names in your neighborhood but you probably never studied them however most will find it useful to have a trick or device to help remember them in the mean time there are a number of popular tricks but this device is my favorite one it looks a little complicated at first but this device tells you the key signatures for all the sharp and flat keys and it's really easy to learn this device also makes a lot more sense when you're aware of a few patterns that emerge in key signatures so let's take a look at those now examining all fifteen key signatures we see that there are seven keys with sharps and seven keys with flats there's just one left over C major it's a special case because it only has natural notes but most people find it pretty easy to remember that C major doesn't have any sharps or flats taking a closer look at the sharp Keys the first thing to notice is that they all start the same way each one starts with F sharp G major only has one sharp and it's F sharp C sharp major has a whole bunch of sharps but it starts with F sharp too in fact all these key signature start with F sharp the second sharp if there is one is always C sharp all of these keys have two or more sharps and they all start with F sharp and then C sharp this pattern continues the third sharp if there is one is always G sharp the fourth sharp is always d sharp the fifth is a sharp the sixth is a sharp and the seventh is B sharp another way to visualize this pattern is here's the key signatures for G major D major e/b F sharp and C sharp the flat key signatures have a similar pattern you'll notice that the...