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Why doesn the key signature of some tunes match the key reported on the detail page?

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Why doesn the key signature of some tunes match the key reported on the detail page?

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This is normal in the case of modal tunes, since we follow the classical convention of distinguishing between major and minor modes only. You may therefore find, for example, a tune in A Dorian (with an F# in the key signature) listed as being in the key of A minor, because the Dorian mode is a minor mode.

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