key signature

1. 1.

   the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

   Synonymssignature

   Broadermusical notation

Questions about key signature

What does key signature mean?

key signature means "the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key".

What is another word for key signature?

Close synonyms include signature. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is key signature a common word?

key signature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.