How do you pronounce Key Signature?

Key Signature is pronounced "KEE SIG-nah-chur".

Key Signature

The set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a staff indicating the key

About Key Signature

A keyKeyThe tonal centre that organises a piece of music around a specific note and scale.View full entry → signature is a notational shorthand placed after the clefClefA symbol placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitch of the notes.View full entry → at the start of each staffStaffThe set of five horizontal lines and four spaces on which musical notes are written.View full entry → line. It tells the performer which notes are consistently sharpened or flattened throughout the piece, avoiding the need to write accidentals on every occurrence.