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Major Key Signatures-Sharps #

This document provides information about major and minor key signatures in music. It explains that for sharps, you count up the musical alphabet from the key letter to determine the next sharp, and for flats you count down to determine the next flat. It also describes how to determine the relative minor key for a given major key by counting down 4 semitones. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to identify the number of sharps/flats and which notes are sharp/flat for various major and minor keys.

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Major Key Signatures-Sharps #

This document provides information about major and minor key signatures in music. It explains that for sharps, you count up the musical alphabet from the key letter to determine the next sharp, and for flats you count down to determine the next flat. It also describes how to determine the relative minor key for a given major key by counting down 4 semitones. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to identify the number of sharps/flats and which notes are sharp/flat for various major and minor keys.

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Major Key Signatures- Sharps #

Count 5 from each


letter inclusive to the
right to find the next
key

All the white notes on


the keyboard

e.g C D E F G etc.

Add one
sharp (#) as
you go round
the circle to
the right

F#

###
###

C#
###
###
#

##

# ##

##
##
##

##
#

Major Key Signatures- Flats b

Count 4 from each


letter inclusive to the
left to find the next
key

bbb
bbb
b

Cb

e.g C D E F etc.

Add one flat (b)


as you go round
the circle to the
left

Gb b b b
bbb

F
C
All the white notes
on the keyboard

b b

Db

Bb

bb
b

Eb

bb
Ab b b

bb
bbb

Circle of Fifths

Key Signatures
What is the sentence to work out our key
signatures?
Father

Charles

Goes

Down

______________ ____________ _______ _________

And

Ends

Battle

____ _______ _____________


We say the sentence backwards for the flat key signatures

Key words
Tone and semitones can be described as?
Steps
A chromatic scale is made up of?
Semitones
A major chord sounds?
Happy
A minor chord sounds?
Sad

Can you work out these Major Key Signatures?

F (G major)

B E (Bb major)

F C G (A major)

B E A D G C F(Cb major) F C G D (E major)

(C major)

F C (D major)

B E A D (Ab major)

B E A D G (Db major) F C G D A E B (C# major)

B (F major)

B E A (Eb major)

For the sharps say the sentence and go up one letter in the alphabet
Father (F goes to G)
For the flats say the sentence but stop on the last but one flat of the key signature
Battle Ends (Battle = Bb )

Minor Key Signatures


Each Major key signature has its cousin - the relative minor key signature.
They share the same key signature.
To work out the cousin we count back 4 semitones from the original Major
key signature.
C Majors cousin is A minor

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Minor Key Signatures


To work out the cousin we count back 4 semitones from the original Major
key signature.
If we end up on a black note we look at the key signature to see if we call it a
sharp or flat after the name of the note.
Gb Majors cousin is Eb minor

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Minor Key Signatures- Sharps #


C

D# Minor

F#
C#

G# Minor

A minor

A# Minor

C# Minor

E Minor

F# Minor

B Minor

Minor Key Signatures- Flats b


Cb

D Minor

Ab Minor

Gb

Eb Minor

G Minor

C Minor

Db

Bb

Eb

Ab

F Minor

Bb Minor

Minor Key Signatures


See if you can work out these minor key signatures
1. Work out the Major key signature first
2. Then count back 4 semitones from the original key

(E minor)

(Ab minor)

(A minor)

(G minor)

(C# minor)

(B minor)

(F# minor)

(Bb minor)

(D minor)

(F minor)

(A# minor)

(C minor)

We will now give you the name of the key signatures.


To work out how many sharps or flats there are in the key signature and
what they are we reverse the earlier process
SHARPS
G major a step back from G is F
Say the sentence = Father = F#
B major a step back from B is A
Say the sentence up to the letter A = Father Charles
Goes Down And = F# C# G# D# A#
FLATS
Bb major Say the sentence and add a word = Battle + Ends
= Bb Eb
Db major = Battle Ends And Down + Goes
= Bb Eb Ab Db Gb

Try these ones out yourself


How many sharps or flats are there in these key signatures and
what are they?
D Major

Db Major

Cb Major

C# Major

Eb Major

F Major = (Just say the first word!! )

C Major

A major

F# Major

E major

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