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Key Signatures
Major and minor keys with their sharps and flats, and tricks for finding them.
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- C majorKeyNo sharps or flats
- G majorKey1 sharp: F#
- D majorKey2 sharps: F#, C#
- A majorKey3 sharps: F#, C#, G#
- E majorKey4 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#
- B majorKey5 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#, A#
- F# majorKey6 sharps: F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#
- C# majorKey7 sharps
- F majorKey1 flat: Bb
- Bb majorKey2 flats: Bb, Eb
- Eb majorKey3 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab
- Ab majorKey4 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db
- Db majorKey5 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb
- Gb majorKey6 flats: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb
- Cb majorKey7 flats
- A minorKeyNo sharps or flatsRelative minor of C major
- E minorKey1 sharp: F#
- B minorKey2 sharps
- F# minorKey3 sharps
- C# minorKey4 sharps
- G# minorKey5 sharps
- D minorKey1 flat: Bb
- G minorKey2 flats
- C minorKey3 flats
- F minorKey4 flats
- Bb minorKey5 flats
- Order of sharpsKeyF C G D A E BFather Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle
- Order of flatsKeyB E A D G C FBattle Ends And Down Goes Charles's Father
- Trick for sharp keysKeyThe last sharp is the note just below the tonic (do) of the major key
- Trick for flat keysKeyThe second-to-last flat is the name of the major key
- Why is F major the exception to the flat-key trick?KeyIt has only one flat, so you simply have to remember it
- Relative minorKeyThe minor key sharing a key signature with a major key, three half steps below its tonic
- Relative major of A minorKeyC major
- Relative major of E minorKeyG major
- Relative major of D minorKeyF major
- Relative major of B minorKeyD major
- Relative major of G minorKeyBb major
- Relative minor of D majorKeyB minor
- Relative minor of F majorKeyD minor
- Relative minor of Bb majorKeyG minor
- Relative minor of Eb majorKeyC minor
- Relative minor of A majorKeyF# minor
- Parallel keyKeyA major and minor key with the same tonic, such as C major and C minor
- Circle of fifthsKeyA diagram placing keys a fifth apart, adding one sharp or flat each step
- Going clockwise on the circle of fifthsKeyAdd one sharp (or remove one flat)
- Going counter-clockwise on the circle of fifthsKeyAdd one flat (or remove one sharp)
- Enharmonic keysKeyKeys that sound the same but are spelled differently, like F# major and Gb major
- Which keys have no key signature?KeyC major and A minor
- Where is the key signature written?KeyRight after the clef at the start of each staff
- TonicKeyThe home note of a key
- Key signature of Gb major equals which sharp key?KeyF# major (enharmonic)
- Number of sharps in G majorKeyOne
- Number of flats in Eb majorKeyThree
- Number of sharps in E majorKeyFour
- Number of flats in Ab majorKeyFour
- Which sharp is added first in sharp keys?KeyF#
- Which flat is added first in flat keys?KeyBb
- Which key has C# as its last sharp?KeyD major
- Which key has F# as its last sharp?KeyG major
- Which key has G# as its last sharp?KeyA major
- Which key has A# as its last sharp?KeyB major
- Which key has D# as its last sharp?KeyE major
- Which key has Eb as its second flat?KeyBb major
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