{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/music-key-signatures",
 "id": "music-key-signatures",
 "title": "Key Signatures",
 "category": "arts-music",
 "subject": "Music Theory",
 "levels": [
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "college",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "Major and minor keys with their sharps and flats, and tricks for finding them.",
 "tags": [
  "key signature",
  "sharps",
  "flats",
  "circle of fifths"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Key",
 "backLabel": "Signature",
 "cards": [
  [
   "C major",
   "No sharps or flats"
  ],
  [
   "G major",
   "1 sharp: F#"
  ],
  [
   "D major",
   "2 sharps: F#, C#"
  ],
  [
   "A major",
   "3 sharps: F#, C#, G#"
  ],
  [
   "E major",
   "4 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#"
  ],
  [
   "B major",
   "5 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#, A#"
  ],
  [
   "F# major",
   "6 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#"
  ],
  [
   "C# major",
   "7 sharps"
  ],
  [
   "F major",
   "1 flat: Bb"
  ],
  [
   "Bb major",
   "2 flats: Bb, Eb"
  ],
  [
   "Eb major",
   "3 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab"
  ],
  [
   "Ab major",
   "4 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db"
  ],
  [
   "Db major",
   "5 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb"
  ],
  [
   "Gb major",
   "6 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb"
  ],
  [
   "Cb major",
   "7 flats"
  ],
  [
   "A minor",
   "No sharps or flats",
   "Relative minor of C major"
  ],
  [
   "E minor",
   "1 sharp: F#"
  ],
  [
   "B minor",
   "2 sharps"
  ],
  [
   "F# minor",
   "3 sharps"
  ],
  [
   "C# minor",
   "4 sharps"
  ],
  [
   "G# minor",
   "5 sharps"
  ],
  [
   "D minor",
   "1 flat: Bb"
  ],
  [
   "G minor",
   "2 flats"
  ],
  [
   "C minor",
   "3 flats"
  ],
  [
   "F minor",
   "4 flats"
  ],
  [
   "Bb minor",
   "5 flats"
  ],
  [
   "Order of sharps",
   "F C G D A E B",
   "Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle"
  ],
  [
   "Order of flats",
   "B E A D G C F",
   "Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles's Father"
  ],
  [
   "Trick for sharp keys",
   "The last sharp is the note just below the tonic (do) of the major key"
  ],
  [
   "Trick for flat keys",
   "The second-to-last flat is the name of the major key"
  ],
  [
   "Why is F major the exception to the flat-key trick?",
   "It has only one flat, so you simply have to remember it"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor",
   "The minor key sharing a key signature with a major key, three half steps below its tonic"
  ],
  [
   "Relative major of A minor",
   "C major"
  ],
  [
   "Relative major of E minor",
   "G major"
  ],
  [
   "Relative major of D minor",
   "F major"
  ],
  [
   "Relative major of B minor",
   "D major"
  ],
  [
   "Relative major of G minor",
   "Bb major"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor of D major",
   "B minor"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor of F major",
   "D minor"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor of Bb major",
   "G minor"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor of Eb major",
   "C minor"
  ],
  [
   "Relative minor of A major",
   "F# minor"
  ],
  [
   "Parallel key",
   "A major and minor key with the same tonic, such as C major and C minor"
  ],
  [
   "Circle of fifths",
   "A diagram placing keys a fifth apart, adding one sharp or flat each step"
  ],
  [
   "Going clockwise on the circle of fifths",
   "Add one sharp (or remove one flat)"
  ],
  [
   "Going counter-clockwise on the circle of fifths",
   "Add one flat (or remove one sharp)"
  ],
  [
   "Enharmonic keys",
   "Keys that sound the same but are spelled differently, like F# major and Gb major"
  ],
  [
   "Which keys have no key signature?",
   "C major and A minor"
  ],
  [
   "Where is the key signature written?",
   "Right after the clef at the start of each staff"
  ],
  [
   "Tonic",
   "The home note of a key"
  ],
  [
   "Key signature of Gb major equals which sharp key?",
   "F# major (enharmonic)"
  ],
  [
   "Number of sharps in G major",
   "One"
  ],
  [
   "Number of flats in Eb major",
   "Three"
  ],
  [
   "Number of sharps in E major",
   "Four"
  ],
  [
   "Number of flats in Ab major",
   "Four"
  ],
  [
   "Which sharp is added first in sharp keys?",
   "F#"
  ],
  [
   "Which flat is added first in flat keys?",
   "Bb"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has C# as its last sharp?",
   "D major"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has F# as its last sharp?",
   "G major"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has G# as its last sharp?",
   "A major"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has A# as its last sharp?",
   "B major"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has D# as its last sharp?",
   "E major"
  ],
  [
   "Which key has Eb as its second flat?",
   "Bb major"
  ]
 ]
}