IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT CHROMATIC HAND
                                    SIGNS
 
There are many variations of chromatic hand signs.
Since they were not included as part of the original 
diatonic set, teachers have more or less developed
                                    their own. 
After much research,
                                    seeking advice from experts who use hand signs 
and considered decision-making, we chose chromatics that seem to be
the most widely used and the easiest for children to make with their
                                    hand.
For teachers who use two
                                    hands (one hand pointing down next to the diatonic hand sign)
we decided on a "down arrow" to represent the second hand.  The arrow 
should be typed right before the diatonic which
                                    is to be lowered.
(We also included
                                    an "up arrow" for you to use.)