Key Signatures & Scale Structures

Question 1

What is the key signature of C major?

Answer 1

No sharps or flats

Question 2

What is the key signature of G major?

Answer 2

1 sharp - F#

Question 3

What is the key signature of F major?

Answer 3

1 flat - Bb

Question 4

What is the key signature of D major?

Answer 4

2 sharps - F# and C#

Question 5

What is the key signature of Bb major?

Answer 5

2 flats - Bb and Eb

Question 6

What is the key signature of A major?

Answer 6

3 sharps - F#, C# and G#

Question 7

What is the key signature of Eb major?

Answer 7

3 flats - Bb, Eb and Ab

Question 8

What is the relative minor of G major?

Answer 8

E minor

Question 9

What is the relative minor of F major?

Answer 9

D minor

Question 10

What is the relative minor of D major?

Answer 10

B minor

Question 11

What is the relative minor of Bb major?

Answer 11

G minor

Question 12

What is the relative minor of A major?

Answer 12

F# minor

Question 13

What is the relative minor of Eb major?

Answer 13

C minor

Question 14

What is the major scale that has 4 sharps?

Answer 14

E major

Question 15

What is the minor scale that has 4 flats?

Answer 15

F minor

Question 16

What is the key signature of Ab major?

Answer 16

4 flats - Bb, Eb, Ab and Db

Question 17

What is the key signature of C# minor?

Answer 17

4 sharps - F#, C#, G# and D#

Question 18

What is the key signature of Db major?

Answer 18

5 flats - Bb, Eb, Ab, Db and Gb

Question 19

What is the relative minor of Db major?

Answer 19

Bb minor

Question 20

What is the major key that has 5 sharps?

Answer 20

B major

Question 21

What is the relative minor of B major?

Answer 21

G# minor

Question 22

What is the key signature of F# major?

Answer 22

6 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A# and E#

Question 23

What is the key signature of Gb major?

Answer 23

6 flats - Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb and Cb

Question 24

What is the relative minor of F# major?

Answer 24

D# minor

Question 25

What is the relative minor of Gb major?

Answer 25

Eb minor

Question 26

What is the structure of the major pentatonic?

Answer 26

1 2 3 5 6 8

Question 27

What is the structure of the minor pentatonic?

Answer 27

1 3b 4 5 7b 8

Question 28

What is the structure of the blues scale?

Answer 28

1 3b 4 5b 5 7b 8

Question 29

What degree of the major scale does the ionian mode start on?

Answer 29

The first degree of the major scale

Question 30

What degree of the major scale does the dorian mode start on?

Answer 30

The second degree of the major scale

Question 31

What degree of the major scale does the mixolydian mode start on?

Answer 31

The fifth degree of the major scale

Question 32

What degree of the major scale does the aeolian mode start on?

Answer 32

The sixth degree of the major scale

Question 33

What would the key signature of the aeolian mode starting on B, be?

Answer 33

2 sharps - F# and C#

Question 34

what would the key signature of the mixolydian mode starting on F be?

Answer 34

2 flats - Bb and Eb