Key Signatures and Scales

Question 1

What is the order of sharps and flats?

Answer 1

Sharps - BEADGCF

Flats - FCGDAEB

Question 2

What is the key signature for C major?

Answer 2

Question 3

What is the key signature for G major?

Answer 3

Question 4

What is the key signature for D major?

Answer 4

Question 5

What is the key signature for A major?

Answer 5

Question 6

What is the key signature for E major?

Answer 6

Question 7

What is the key signature for B major?

Answer 7

Question 8

What is the key signature for F# major?

Answer 8

Question 9

What is the key signature for C# major?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the key signature for F major?

Answer 10

Question 11

What is the key signature for B flat major?

Answer 11

Question 12

What is the key signature for E flat major?

Answer 12

Question 13

What is the key signature for A flat major?

Answer 13

Question 14

What is the key signature for D flat major?

Answer 14

Question 15

What is the key signature for G flat major?

Answer 15

Question 16

What is the key signature for C flat major?

Answer 16

Question 17

What is the key signature for A minor?

Answer 17

Question 18

What is the key signature for E minor?

Answer 18

Question 19

What is the key signature for B minor?

Answer 19

Question 20

What is the key signature for F# minor?

Answer 20

Question 21

What is the key signature for C# minor?

Answer 21

Question 22

What is the key signature for G# minor?

Answer 22

Question 23

What is the key signature for D# minor?

Answer 23

Question 24

What is the key signature for A# minor?

Answer 24

Question 25

What is the key signature for D minor?

Answer 25

Question 26

What is the key signature for G minor?

Answer 26

Question 27

What is the key signature for C minor?

Answer 27

Question 28

What is the key signature for F minor?

Answer 28

Question 29

What is the key signature for B flat minor?

Answer 29

Question 30

What is the key signature for E flat minor?

Answer 30

Question 31

What is the key signature for A flat minor?

Answer 31

Question 32

Draw the major circle of fifths.

Answer 32

Question 33

Draw the minor circle of fifths.

Answer 33

Question 34

What are relative major and minor keys?

How do you find the relative minor key of a major scale?

How do you find the relative major key of a minor scale?

Answer 34

They have the same key signature.

Go down three scale degrees from the tonic (the first note) of the major scale.

Go up three scale degrees from the tonic (the first note) of the minor scale.

Question 35

What is different about a harmonic minor scale?

Answer 35

The seventh scale degree is raised a half step.

Question 36

What is different about a melodic minor scale?

Answer 36

The sixth and seventh scale degrees are raised a half step when ascending and returned to normal when descending.

Question 37

What is a harmonic minor scale?

Answer 37

W H W W H W W

Question 38

What is a major scale?

Answer 38

W W H W W W H