Notes of the Black Piano Keys. Black piano keys are called accidentals; these are the sharps and flats of the piano. On the keyboard, there are five black accidentals per octave. A sharp makes a note a half step higher in pitch. A flat makes a note a half step lower in pitch. On the keyboard, a noteâs flat is the black key directly to its left.
Grand Jury. Federal jurors are paid $40 a day. Jurors can receive up to $50 a day after serving 45 days on a grand jury. (Employees of the federal government are paid their regular salary in lieu of this fee.) Jurors also are reimbursed for reasonable transportation expenses and parking fees.
The jurors got pay raise from $40 to $46 a day after they hit the 30-day mark. Mendez has vowed to look into a lifetime exemption from jury duty for them. And last week, the remaining jurors â three men and five women â were presented with a sheet cake by senior jury clerk Shawny Carroll.