Quick Links This Day in Music History Music Education @ DataDragon.com Music Education Forums Maintain Your Forum Information Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best Sudoku (take a break for a puzzle!) Topic: Flats From the Music Questions forum. Post a reply or begin a new topic. View other threads or jump to a different forum. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web datadragon.com Author Topic:   Flats cello Registered User Registered: 11/11/2003 posted: 11/11/2003 at 8:57:24 AM ET If F has 1 flat(talking bout scales) and B has 2 flats and F8 has 8 flats..... what has 17 flats....? angm8 Registered User From: Las Vegas, NV Registered: 10/22/2003 posted: 11/11/2003 at 3:04:41 PM ET I am unaware of any key signature having more than 8 sharps or flats. http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/MUS109e/chapter9/ch9page8.htm Toodles!! Taciturn Registered User Registered: 8/3/2003 posted: 11/11/2003 at 7:39:27 PM ET There are only 7 notes that exist. It would be impossible to have 17 flats when there are only 7 notes. You can only have Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, and Gb. There can't be anymore, unless you count double flats, but no key signature contains double flats (or double sharps). It just doesn't happen. (by the way, it's not B major that has 2 flats, but it's Bb major. B major would have 5 sharps) Do you think this topic is inappropriate? Vote it down. After a thread receives a certain amount of negative votes it will be automatically locked. Please contact us with any concerns you might have.

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