A group of sharps or flats after the clef, altering those notes for the whole piece.
Also known as: Sharps at the start, Flats after the clef
Sharps or flats placed after the clef alter those notes everywhere until cancelled. Their order is fixed and never varies, which is why a reader can identify a key from the pattern alone.
Alters every occurrence of the named notes throughout the piece, in every octave, until a new signature replaces it.
Contexts: Music
Places its sharps and flats in a fixed order that never varies, so the number of symbols alone identifies the key.
Contexts: Music
Does not by itself settle whether a piece is major or minor: each signature serves one of each, and only the music distinguishes them.
Contexts: Music
A row of sharp or flat signs placed immediately after the clef, each sitting on the line or space of the note it alters, in a fixed left-to-right order.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.
A sharp key signature is a row of sharps.
The signature is read relative to the clef and is meaningless without it.