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1
Q

What key has 2 sharps?

A

D major or B minor

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2
Q

What is the relative minor of Eb major?

A

Cm

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3
Q

What is the key signature of C# major?

A

7 sharps

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4
Q

When using the circle of 5ths, which way do you go to work out the sharp scales; clockwise or anticlockwise?

A

Clockwise

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5
Q

What is relative minor of D major

A

B minor

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6
Q

What is the relative minor of E major?

A

C# minor

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7
Q

On the circle of 5ths, each flat key is what interval away from the previous flat key?

A

Perfect 4th

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8
Q

What is the key signature of Ab major?

A

4 flats

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9
Q

What is the key signature of E major?

A

4 sharps

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10
Q

What is the key signature of Bb major?

A

2 flats

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11
Q

What key has 3 sharps?

A

A major or F# minor

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12
Q

What key has 4 flats?

A

Ab major or F minor

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13
Q

What is the relative minor of F major?

A

D minor

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14
Q

What key has 1 sharp?

A

G major or E minor

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15
Q

What is the key signature of A major?

A

3 sharps

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16
Q

What is the relative minor of Ab major?

A

Fm

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17
Q

What is the key signature of Eb major?

A

3 flats

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18
Q

How do you work out a key signature if you have flats?

A

Take the penultimate/second to last flat (using Battle Ends…)
That’s your tonic
i.e. 3 flats - B, E and A - go back to the E = Eb major

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19
Q

What is the key signature of B major?

A

5 sharps

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20
Q

D major and B minor share the same key signature but which note is different in B minor?

A

A# - you raise the 7th note from the relative minor

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21
Q

What is the relative minor of A major?

A

F# minor

22
Q

What is the relative minor of Db major?

A

Bbm

23
Q

What is the dominant of G major?

A

D major

24
Q

What is the key signature of Gb major?

A

6 flats

25
Q

What key has 5 sharps?

A

B major or G# minor

26
Q

How do you work out a key signature if you have sharps?

A

Take the last added sharp (using Father Charles…)
Go up a semitone from that sharp note
That’s your tonic
i.e. 3 sharps - F, C and G - up a semitone from G# = A is your tonic

27
Q

What key has 2 flats?

A

Bb major or G minor

28
Q

What is the relative minor of B major?

A

G# minor

29
Q

What is the key signature for G major?

A

1 sharp

30
Q

What key has 5 flats?

A

Db major or Bb minor

31
Q

What is the order of the flats?

A

Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’s Father (B, E, A, D, G, C and F)

32
Q

What is the relative minor of Bb major?

A

G minor

33
Q

What key has 4 sharps?

A

E major or C# minor

34
Q

What is the relative minor of Gb major?

A

Ebm

35
Q

What is the key signature of C major?

A

0 sharps or flats

36
Q

What is the key signature for D major?

A

2 sharps

37
Q

What is the relative minor of G major?

A

E minor

38
Q

If modulating from C major to G major, what chord do you need to tonicise into G major?

A

D major
The dominant of G major

39
Q

What is the key signature of F major?

A

1 flat

40
Q

On the circle of 5ths, each sharp key is what interval away from the previous sharp key?

A

A perfect 5th

41
Q

What is the order of the sharps?

A

Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle (F, C, G, D, A, E and B)

42
Q

What is the relative minor of F# major?

A

D# minor

43
Q

What is the key signature of F# major?

A

6 sharps

44
Q

When using the circle of 5ths, which way do you go to work out the sharp scales; clockwise or anticlockwise?

A

Anticlockwise

45
Q

What key has 6 sharps?

A

F# major or D# minor

46
Q

What is the relative minor of C# major?

A

A# minor

47
Q

If modulating from A major to E major, what chord do you need to tonicise into E major?

A

B major
The dominant of E major

48
Q

G major and E minor share the same key signature but which note is different in E minor?

A

D# - you raise the 7th note from the relative minor

49
Q

What key has 3 flats?

A

Eb major or C minor

50
Q

What is the key signature of Db major?

A

5 flats

51
Q

What is the relative minor of C major?

A

A minor