"key signature" meaning in English

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Noun

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 (Chinese Mandarin), 调号 (diàohào) (Chinese Mandarin), předznamenání [neuter] (Czech), võtmemärk (Estonian), sävellajin etumerkintä (Finnish), etumerkintä (Finnish), armure [feminine] (French), armature [feminine] (French), 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)
    Sense id: en-key_signature-en-noun-T5zw4yFu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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