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(Unlike key signatures, accidentals only affect the other notes at the same position on the stave. After an accidental has been written, every other note of the same position on the stave is also affected, but only until the next bar line. Īccidentals don't only affect the note they are next to. Special rules apply to all accidentals.Īccidentals are always written on the left side of the note they affect. If we add sharps, flats and naturals inside the music itself, they are called "accidentals".

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Sometimes we need to add extra flats, sharps and naturals within a melody, even when we have already got a key signature. Here's a key signature of Bb major, with the note names marked under the melody: The key signature also tells us very quickly that the music is in Bb major, without having to count all the flats! We don't write out the flat symbols for the Bs and the Es every time they appear in the music - because there would probably be rather a lot of them! Instead, we use a key signature: at the beginning of each new line of music, we write a Bb and an Eb, to remind us that all the Bs and all the Es need to be flattened.

If a melody uses mostly the notes of the Bb major scale, we say that the music is "in the key of" Bb major. Suitable for: ABRSM Grade 2 Trinity Grade 2 GCSE AP Music Theory Beginners Keys and Key Signatures

Rewriting in a New Time Signature Exercises Working with Time Signatures Exercisesġ1. Key Signatures & Accidentals Exercisesġ0. Treble & Bass Clef, Pitch and Transposition ExercisesĦ. Treble & Bass Clef, Pitch and TranspositionĢ.