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What does it mean when you are in a certain key when you are playing off sheet music, and how do you know which key you are in?

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When you look at the beginning of each line, you can see the clef you're playing in, and how many sharps or flats are in the key signature.
The amount of sharps or flats tells you what key you are in.

http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/media/images/keys.gif

That's a picture of the key signatures.
No flats or sharps starts in C Major. I wouldn't worry about minor keys if I were you, concentrate on the Major ones.

But it helps me to remember that it starts on C, and it has a pattern that goes B E A D G C F.

For instance:
C no sharps/flats
G one sharp
D two sharps
A three sharps
E four sharps
B five sharps
F six sharps
and then C# is all 7 sharps.

And:

C no sharps/flats
F one flat
Bb two flats
Eb three flats
Ab four flats
Db five flats
Gb six flats
Cb all seven flats.

You're welcome to ask me more questions if you don't understand. I think it's much easier to understand if you ask a music teacher in person.

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