For example, adding the # symbol to C will create C#—one half-step higher.And adding the flat symbol to A will create Ab—one half-step lower. The key signature is the set of accidental symbols that defines which pitches are included in the key.That...
Is it a symbol of God, via the bird often associated with Zeus (‘Z-eus’, ‘d-eus’ (which, regrettably, only rime with ‘th-eo’…))? More tentatively, it brings to this mind, anyway, the idea of the kommende Gott, the “coming god” in Hölderlin’s “Bread and Wine” (...