Keys Flashcards
What key has 2 sharps?
D major or B minor
What is the relative minor of Eb major?
Cm
What is the key signature of C# major?
7 sharps
When using the circle of 5ths, which way do you go to work out the sharp scales; clockwise or anticlockwise?
Clockwise
What is relative minor of D major
B minor
What is the relative minor of E major?
C# minor
On the circle of 5ths, each flat key is what interval away from the previous flat key?
Perfect 4th
What is the key signature of Ab major?
4 flats
What is the key signature of E major?
4 sharps
What is the key signature of Bb major?
2 flats
What key has 3 sharps?
A major or F# minor
What key has 4 flats?
Ab major or F minor
What is the relative minor of F major?
D minor
What key has 1 sharp?
G major or E minor
What is the key signature of A major?
3 sharps
What is the relative minor of Ab major?
Fm
What is the key signature of Eb major?
3 flats
How do you work out a key signature if you have flats?
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
What is the key signature of B major?
5 sharps
D major and B minor share the same key signature but which note is different in B minor?
A# - you raise the 7th note from the relative minor