"key signature" meaning in All languages combined

See key signature on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-key signature.wav Forms: key signatures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: key signature Categories (topical): Music Related terms: , , major key, minor key, mode Translations (indication of the key of a composition): armadura [feminine] (Catalan), 調號 /调号 (diàohào) (Chinese Mandarin), předznamenání [neuter] (Czech), võtmemärk (Estonian), sävellajin etumerkintä (Finnish), etumerkintä (Finnish), armure [feminine] (French), armature [feminine] (French), Vorzeichnung [feminine] (German), οπλισμός (oplismós) [masculine] (Greek), előjegyzés (Hungarian), znaki przykluczowe [masculine, plural] (Polish), armadura de clave [feminine] (Spanish), armadura de tonalidad [feminine] (Spanish), arwydd cywair [masculine] (Welsh)

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