(key signatures)

Question 1

What is the order of sharps!

Answer 1

BEADGCF

Question 2

What is the order of flats!

Answer 2

FCGDAEB

Question 3

What is the definition of a key signature?

Answer 3

Sharps and flats used in a specific scale grouped together

Question 4

What is the saying that helps you remember the Order of Sharps?

Answer 4

Bead Girly Crafting Friends

Question 5

What is the saying that helps you remember the Order of Flats?

Answer 5

Fat cow goes down an elevator…BOOM!

Question 6

The first and last note of a scale is called the _______.

Answer 6

Keynote

Question 7

Another word for keynote is _____.

Answer 7

Tonic

Question 8

Name the order of the three elements of the staff. (Time signature, clef, key signature)

Answer 8

1. Clef 2. Key signature 3. Time signature

Question 9

Which two key signatures have NO accidentals in them?

Answer 9

Am and C

Question 10

How can you determine a Major Key with sharps in it?

Answer 10

By finding the last sharp on the right and going a half-step up.

Question 11

How many total keys are there, in Key Signatures?

Answer 11

24

Question 12

How many major & minor keys are there, each?

Answer 12

12

Question 13

Each key signature has both a _____ and a _____ key.

Answer 13

Major, minor

Question 14

What shortcut can you use to find the major key of a flat key signature?

Answer 14

Looking at the next-to-last flat.

Question 15

Which key only has ONE flat?

Answer 15

F

Question 16

What is the one flat F has?

Answer 16

B

Question 17

How can you find the MINOR version of a key signature?

Answer 17

Identify the key in MAJOR form first. Then bring it down -3 half steps.

Question 18

What are the 3 minor scales?

Answer 18

Natural, harmonic, melodic

Question 19

What is a chromatic scale?

Answer 19

A 12-note scale where they all are a half-step apart.

Question 20

What are the natural minor scale half steps?

Answer 20

2-3, 6-7

Question 21

What is different about a harmonic minor scale, compared to natural minors?

Answer 21

The 7th note is raised (a half step lower than the 8th)

Question 22

What makes melodic minor so unique?

Answer 22

The ascending scale is the same, but the descending scale differs

Question 23

What is basically the descending scale of melodic minor?

Answer 23

Natural minor

Question 24

What is significant of an ascending melodic minor scale?

Answer 24

The 6th and 7th notes are raised by a half step

Question 25

What are the only two possible SHARPS you can get for identifying general major key signatures?

Answer 25

C# and F#

Question 26

Why are C# and F# the only two sharps you can get for general major key signatures?

Answer 26

Because of natural half steps (B to C, E to F)