Alicia Keys, U2 and the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" dominated the pop music world in 2001, and Grammy voters managed to split the ballot, rewarding Keys with five awards, U2 with ...

It does have six sharps in the key signature, tricky for anybody… D sharp minor has six sharps in its key signature. Picture: IMSLP How do composers pick which keys to write their music in? There are ...

The sharp key signatures (Image credit: Future) We have to mention C major as an outlier. It does not contain any sharps or flats, hence any piece of music in C major will not have a key signature, as ...

Sharp key signatures We have to mention C major as an outlier. It does not contain any sharps or flats, hence any piece of ...

Well established scales follow the same rules to split the octave in a predictable way, and these have formed the basis of tonal classical music. Scales can be in the minor or the major key, and they ...

In technical terms this means they make a note half a step (or a semitone) lower and higher respectively in pitch from their corresponding white key. You will notice that the black notes are grouped ...