Key signatures and chord symbols are doors to facility at the keyboard - doors too often locked by insufficient understanding. This guide unlocks them with clear, simple explanations. Features: major and minor scales - guidelines for scale fingering - chord charts which include major, minor, augmented, seventh, ninth, eleventh, major seventh, major nonth, minor seventh, sixth, minor sixth and diminished chords in all positions - formulas and symbols for altered chords - a simplified forming complex chords - A glossary of music terms - The easy-to-read text, concise definitions, and illustrations provide an invaluable reference guide for your musical pursuits.