key signature

musical notation indicating the key of diatonic music placed on the beginning of a line
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key signature

Summary

key signature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (641 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • key signature's image is recorded as B-flat-major g-minor.svg[2].
  • key signature's subclass of is recorded as symbol[3].
  • key signature's part of is recorded as figuring[4].
  • key signature's Commons category is recorded as Key signatures[5].
  • key signature's has part is recorded as sharp[6].
  • key signature's has part is recorded as flat[7].
  • key signature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04fj3[8].
  • key signature's partially coincident with is recorded as Q816335[9].
  • key signature's partially coincident with is recorded as key[10].
  • key signature's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/key-signature[11].
  • key signature's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2074819[12].
  • key signature's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as key-signatures[13].
  • key signature's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 77918934[14].
  • key signature's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06876668-n[15].
  • key signature's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 조표(음악)[16].

Why It Matters

key signature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (641 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). key signature. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/key-signature
MLA “key signature.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/key-signature.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_key-signature_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{key signature}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/key-signature}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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