Composers used key signatures during the Baroque period to avoid harsh-sounding keys. Key signatures helped establish a tonal center and provided a system for indicating which notes were to be sharp or flat, thus facilitating more harmonious compositions despite the tuning inconsistencies of the time.
The tuning systems were not always reliable during the Baroque period. Why did composers use key signatures? (1 point) Responses to encourage use of percussion to encourage use of percussion to avoid harsh-sounding keys to avoid harsh-sounding keys to avoid creating harmonies in a piece to avoid creating harmonies in a piece to encourage use of opera to encourage use of opera
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