This question relates to the use of 'naturals' in neutralizing sharps/flats. If i'm in the key of E minor (F# the only sharp), and come across a sharped D or C in the sheet music, how long does that sharp stick around? That is, is a natural REQUIRED to neutralize that sharp/flat? Does the D# remain a D# until a natural is registered? Or is there a general convention by which the D# goes back to just D without explicity calling the natural?
I'm obviously not a classically trained player, and I don't understand how this convention (or lack thereof) is used.
Thanks in advance.
Note: If what I said doesn't make any sense, think of this;
a simple 3-tone progression in Eminor:
scored as D#-E-D;
Is the third tone also sharped since it lacks the natural? Or does it revert by some convention?
2007-11-10
13:28:25
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