The sign, or number of signs, written at the beginning of each staff to indicate the key of a given song in sheet music. The use of a key signature dispenses with the need to write the accidentals (flats, sharps and natural signs) for the notes affected throughout the song. No signature indicates that the key is Natural, either C major or A minor.
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