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 ===Key signatures===
-The key signature is divided into two regions. The #/b region is as usual, except it can also have ## and bb. The arrow region consists of up to two arrow stacks, a quadruple one for the tonic, 2nd 4th and 5th, and a triple one for the 3rd, 6th and 7th. Both stacks always have the same shape. The quadruple stack has 2 columns of arrows with the lowest arrow indicating the tonic. The triple stack has the lowest arrow on the 3rd. Down-A downmajor looks like this:
+The key signature is divided into two regions. The sharp/flat region is as usual, except it can also have ## and bb. The arrow region consists of up to two stacks, a '''quadruple stack''' for the tonic, 2nd 4th and 5th, and a '''triple stack''' for the 3rd, 6th and 7th. Both stacks always have the exact same shape. The lowest arrow in the quadruple stack always indicates the tonic. The triple stack's lowest arrow indicates the 3rd. Down-A downmajor looks like this:
 [[File:VA vMajor keysig.png]]
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 === Cancelling rules===
-TO DO: complete this section
+Arrows behave just like accidentals. If a middle-C on the score has an up, any middle-Cs following it in the same measure inherit that up. Any C in another octave does not. If an up-C is followed by a down-C, the down-arrow cancels the up-arrow.
+But what happens when accidentals are mixed with arrows? What if the key signature makes that upped C be sharp? Or what if there is a C with a sharp just before the upped C? Does the up-arrow cancel the sharp? And what if an upped C is followed by a sharpened C?
+There are several possible ways to handle this issue. The simplest way is to explicitly spell any new notes with both accidentals and arrows. Thus every accidental or arrow cancels any previous ones.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+! rowspan="2" |start with
+this
+! colspan="6" |turn it into this
+|-
+!C
+!^C
+!^^C
+!C#
+!^C#
+!^^C#
+|-
+!C
+|
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|#
+|^#
+|^^#
+|-
+!^C
+|<big>♮</big>
+|
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|#
+|^#
+|^^#
+|-
+!^^C
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|
+|#
+|^#
+|^^#
+|-
+!C#
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|
+|^#
+|^^#
+|-
+!^C#
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|#
+|
+|^^#
+|-
+!^^C#
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|#
+|^#
+|
+|}
+Another approach seeks to reduce clutter by having arrows and accidentals behave independently of each other, and not cancel each other. Consider these 15 possible D's:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+|^^Db
+|^^D
+|^^D#
+|-
+|^Db
+|^D
+|^D#
+|-
+|Db
+|D
+|D#
+|-
+|vDb
+|vD
+|vD#
+|-
+|vvDb
+|vvD
+|vvD#
+|}
+Adding an accidental moves you sideways. Adding an arrow moves you up or down. Thus a sharpened D followed by a downed D is vD#. This approach requires the plain sign ◇ (mnemonic: it looks like an up and a down fused together), which is analogous to a natural sign.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+! rowspan="2" |start with
+this
+! colspan="6" |turn it into this
+|-
+!C
+!^C
+!^^C
+!C#
+!^C#
+!^^C#
+|-
+!C
+|
+|^
+|^^
+|#
+|^#
+|^^#
+|-
+!^C
+|◇
+|
+|^^
+|◇#
+|#
+|^^#
+|-
+!^^C
+|◇
+|^
+|
+|◇#
+|^#
+|#
+|-
+!C#
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|
+|^
+|^^
+|-
+!^C#
+|◇<big>♮</big>
+|<big>♮</big>
+|^^<big>♮</big>
+|◇
+|
+|^^
+|-
+!^^C#
+|◇<big>♮</big>
+|^<big>♮</big>
+|<big>♮</big>
+|◇
+|^
+|
+|}
+This approach often minimizes clutter greatly because of how 41edo works. The key of D downmajor has vC#. Of all the various C naturals, the most likely one is vC.
 === Chord names===
 Any chord name without ups or downs is exactly what one would expect it to be. Cm7 is still C Eb G Bb. But in practice most chords have arrows in them. An arrow between the chord root and the chord type (e.g. C^m7) raises or lowers the 3rd, and also the 6th, 7th or 11th, if present. Thus C down-seven is the usual C7 chord with the 3rd and 7th downed: Cv7 = C vE G vBb. Mnemonic: every other note of a stacked-3rds chord with a 6th below the root is affected: '''6th''' - root - '''3rd''' - 5th - '''7th''' - 9th - '''11th''' - 13th. Note that the 6th is affected, but the 13th is not.