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it is used to determine the highness and lowness of a tone and to determine what key major it is.

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What symbol on a staff tells a performer what sharp or flat to use?

That would be the key signature.


How do you read key signatures?

Key signatures are the sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff. To identify the key signature of a scale that consists of all sharps, look at the last sharp in the key signature. Whichever note the last sharp lies on, the key of the scale is one note above it. To identify the key signature of a scale that consists of all flats, look at the note directly before the last flat in the key signature. The second-to-last note is the name of the key signature of flat keys. However, you cannot use this helpful trick with the F Major Scale which only has one flat (B flat).


What is the difference between the scale of f sharp and g flat?

There is no difference in terms of each scale would sound, as F-sharp and G-flat are the same exact note. However, when notated on sheet music, they would look different, as the F-sharp scale would use only sharps, and the G-flat scale would use only flats.


Why is F sharp minor never written as G flat minor?

F# minor has a key signature of 3 sharps, whereas Gb minor has a key signature with 6 flats. It's easier to use key signatures with fewer flats/sharps.


How is the order of sharps and flats used?

the order of sharps and flats are both used to write out the order in a key siganture on a piece of music (for example: the key of d has two sharps, f and c, so in the key signature, you see a sharp for f and a sharp for c) Also, when you're looking at the key signature, you can use the order to find out what key the song is in. For sharps, you look at the last sharp in the key signature, and go up one letter in the musical alphabet. if that note is not sharped, then that letter is the key. if it is sharped, then it's that letter, sharped (for example: key of c sharp, fcgdaeb are the sharps: you go up one from b and it's c, but c is already sharp, so it's the key of c sharp) For flats, you look at the second to last flat in the key signature, and that's the key that it's in. if there's only one flat, it's b flat, and the key is f. i hope this helped!!


What kind of teeth do herbivores have Flat or poinited or sharp?

Herbivores have flat teeth that they use to eat plants. Carnivore have the pointy, sharp teeth that they use to rip up their meat. So to answer your question, herbivores have flat teeth.


What is the fingering for playing a sharp B flat on a trumpet?

To play a sharp B flat on a trumpet, you would use the first valve and the third valve together.


What is the function of sharp and flats?

Sharps are the note one semitone higher than a given natural note, for example, D-sharp is one semitone higherthan D.Flats are the note one semitone lower than a given natural note, so D-flat is one semitone lower than D.Natural signs get rid of a previous sharp or flat in the same bar, or raises or lowers a sharp or flat already included in the key signature - e.g. the F-sharp in G major.Sharps and flats can be modified further too - resulting in a double sharp or double flat - which means that any double sharp or double flat will be a whole tone higher or lower than a given natural note, for example, D double-sharp would be the same key as E and D double-flat would be the same as C. Again a natural sign would get rid of the double flat or sharp.Sometimes natural keys have to be named as either sharp or flat, e.g. in C-sharp minor the seventh degree is B, but we have to raise B to B-sharp to create a C-sharp harmonic minor scale, which uses a raised seventh. Now we could call the B-sharp 'C' but that would not be correct as we need to use all letter names in a diatonic scale, and technically the C is functioning as a raised B in the key or C-sharp minor.


What major scale has 3 sharps?

C Sharp Major has 6 key signatures which are all sharps:F#C#G#D#A#E#B#There is also another major key that has 7 sharp keys.


Can you use screwdriver for chiseling?

NO, even on a flat screwdriver the end is not sharp enough to chisel. If you make it sharp, then it loses it's value as a screwdriver.


How do you finger an a sharp on the flute?

A sharp is the same as B flat. So normally you would use left thumb, left index finger, right index finger, and left pinky. Or... You can use the double left thumb key (the one on the left) and left index finger with left pinky. The second fingering is usually easier, unless there is a Cb in the key signature, then you may want to use the first. The first fingering is usually taught first.


Transpose french horn e flat in the key piano plays in?

Piano plays in c.. To transpose to Eb lower the written note one line or space and use the key signature of b and e flat and add the written key signature