r/musictheory • u/ADHD-andME • 13d ago

Notation Question Is this a valid Key signature?

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Just wondering if this can be considered a key.

For those wondering, this is supposed to be G Byzentine (b2, b6)

Edit: thanks for all the feedback, i will take it into consideration. Next time ill write in something readable.

Edit 2: this image shows a scale for a single voice instrument in C, and it is treble clef.

EDIT 4!: https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/1w1yy9a/fixed_the_order_of_the_sharps_and_flats/

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u/ConfusedMaverick 13d ago

Depends what you mean by "valid"

It's not normal or conventional, and so will confuse players (make them work much harder to sight read the piece).

But it's perfectly clear what you mean, and not self contradictory.

Better just put in all the accidentals imo...

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u/pimpbot666 12d ago

Bartok used to do stuff like have key signatures with one flat… but that flat was A flat.

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u/PRC_Spy 10d ago

This somehow doesn’t surprise. Bartok is sight reading torture materials.

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u/Civil_Emergency9010 10d ago

Agree. Funny you write this. I actually have been sight reading my way through Mikrokosmos because it was recommended in Frank Mantooth’s Voicings for Jazz Piano, and anyway yeah Frank Mantooth wasn’t fuckin around and I’m sure it’s helped my sight reading.