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Examples of key signature in a Sentence
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What would a piece of music look like that doesn’t have a key signature?
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
Here, just enough information is shared in advance — often just a key signature and tempo — to harmonize collaboration, sometimes accommodating guests.
—Steve Smith, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
Most of the songs were sung a half-step down from their original key signature.
—Katie Reul, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
Once the saxophone riff was added, the song was completely reworked around that, and nothing else but the tempo and key signature was retained.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 July 2021
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First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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“Key signature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/key%20signature. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
key signature
noun
: the sharps or flats placed after a clef in music to indicate the key
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