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Music Terms Glossary - K
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key (1) In tonal music, one of twelve possible tonalities organized around a triad built on the main note(2) on a keyboard, a lever pressed down to produce sound.

key signature Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key of a passage or work.

K. numbers The common method of referring to works by Mozart, after the chronological catalogue first published by Ludwig Kochel in 1865.

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