theoretical key

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A key signature which has eight or more sharps or seven flats. In music using twelve-tone equal temperament its pitch coincides with its enharmonic, while in most other equal temperament tunings most enharmonic equivalences between key signatures regularly go beyond simple sharps and flats.

Word forms

theoretical key theoretical keys
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