Thursday, December 29, 2011

Enharmonic Spelling

In music, two notes that sound the same but are spelled differently are called enharmonic notes.

For example:

F# sounds the same as G♭ 
C# sounds the same as D
G# sounds the same as A
D# sounds the same as E
A# sounds the same as B
E# sounds the same as F
B# sounds the same as C

So, if you look closely at the Circle of Fifths, you will see that some key signatures overlap.  This is because enharmonically they sound the same :)

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