Flat key signatures If you follow the same ‘cycle of 5ths’ rationale and count downwards by five notes, you reel off the flat keys. F major has one flat, Bb has two, and so on, through Eb, Ab ...

It does not contain any sharps or flats, hence any piece of music in C major will not have a key signature, as it is not required. On a practical level, many keyboard players like C major, as there ...

Revise notation, the way of writing down music, with rhythm and metre, sharps and flats, key signatures, major and minor keys, articulation and dynamics.

Take a look at some form of musical score, you will notice that at the beginning of every line, there are a collection of signs made up of either hash-tag signs, or lowercase letter b’s (unless ...