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
What is the relative minor of A major?
F# minor
What is the relative minor of Db major?
Bbm
What is the dominant of G major?
D major
What is the key signature of Gb major?
6 flats
What key has 5 sharps?
B major or G# minor
How do you work out a key signature if you have sharps?
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
What key has 2 flats?
Bb major or G minor
What is the relative minor of B major?
G# minor
What is the key signature for G major?
1 sharp
What key has 5 flats?
Db major or Bb minor
What is the order of the flats?
Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’s Father (B, E, A, D, G, C and F)
What is the relative minor of Bb major?
G minor
What key has 4 sharps?
E major or C# minor
What is the relative minor of Gb major?
Ebm
What is the key signature of C major?
0 sharps or flats
What is the key signature for D major?
2 sharps
What is the relative minor of G major?
E minor
If modulating from C major to G major, what chord do you need to tonicise into G major?
D major
The dominant of G major
What is the key signature of F major?
1 flat
On the circle of 5ths, each sharp key is what interval away from the previous sharp key?
A perfect 5th
What is the order of the sharps?
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle (F, C, G, D, A, E and B)
What is the relative minor of F# major?
D# minor
What is the key signature of F# major?
6 sharps
When using the circle of 5ths, which way do you go to work out the sharp scales; clockwise or anticlockwise?
Anticlockwise
What key has 6 sharps?
F# major or D# minor
What is the relative minor of C# major?
A# minor
If modulating from A major to E major, what chord do you need to tonicise into E major?
B major
The dominant of E major
G major and E minor share the same key signature but which note is different in E minor?
D# - you raise the 7th note from the relative minor
What key has 3 flats?
Eb major or C minor
What is the key signature of Db major?
5 flats
What is the relative minor of C major?
A minor
