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.
Jury duty won't make you rich, but even the modest daily stipend trial jurors are paid appears likely to fall this month, another casualty of state budget cuts. Trial jurors get $6 from Harris County for their first day of service. For each day served after that, they get $40 - $34 from the state and $6 from the county.