Title: Blues mode key signature
Giz Bowe wrote:

you're notating a blues in D -- that's D mixolydian. What's your key
signature, the standard 2 sharps with an accidental for every C, or 1 sharp
to reflect the mode? you're notating a blues in D -- that's D mixolydian. What's your key
signature, the standard 2 sharps with an accidental for every C, or 1 sharp
to reflect the mode?

For my money, you write in D Major - normal key signature.  That's just an opinion - a preference, if you will.  It's also the way I hear it - with C naturals as lowered leading tones.
I also believe that this is far and away the normal convention.

Chuck
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