Key Signatures

​Key Signatures: Up to 3 Flats and 3 Sharps

The order of Sharps and Flats and how to identify them

• Key Signatures are a set of sharp, flat, or natural symbols placed at the beginning of a section of music.

• ​The key signature is placed after the clef at the beginning of the first line

• If a section changes key signatures, then a new key signature is placed right before that section​

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Key Signatures​

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Key Signatures are a set of sharp, flat, or natural symbols placed at the __________ of a section of music.

Multiple Choice

Can a piece change key signatures?

• Yes

• No

• A flat key signature means that the notes identified are now half a step lower in pitch

• ​To identify flats, you go to the far right flat, and then go back 1 flat to the left. Identify that flat, and that is your key signature

• ​You have F Major, Bb Major, Eb Major, Ab Major, Db Major, Gb Major, and Cb Major

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Flats

• This key has one flat

• There is a Bb

• This is one you just need to memorize. There is no trick to figuring it out ​

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F Major​

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• This key has 2 flats

• There is a Bb, and and Eb

• Go to the far right flat, Eb, and then go back 1 to the left. You should arrive at Bb. That is your key signature.​

• This is the most common concert. band key signature

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Bb Major​

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• This key has 3 flats

• There is Bb, Eb, and Ab

• Go to the far right flat, Ab, and go back 1 to the left. You should arrive at Eb. That is your key signature ​

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Eb Major​

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Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• F Major

• Bb Major

• Eb Major

Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• F Major

• Bb Major

• Eb Major

Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• F Major

• Bb Major

• Eb Major

• When you see sharp key signatures, the notes that are identified as sharp are raised half a step

• ​To identify sharp key signatures, you go to the last sharp, identify that note, and then go up to the next note in the alphabet

• ​You have C Major, G, Major, A, Major, E Major, B Major, F# Major, and C# Major

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Sharps​

• This key signature​ has no sharps or flats

• ​Every note is natural

• This is one you just need to memorize as there is no trick to figuring it out​

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C Major​

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• This key has 1 sharp

• There is F sharp

• Go to the sharp, identify it as F, then go to the next note in the alphabet which is G. This is G Major. That is you​

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G Major​

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• This key has 2 sharps

• There is F Sharp and C Sharp

• Go to the last sharp, identify it as C, then go up to the next note in the alphabet which is D. This is the key signature of D Major​

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D Major​

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• There are 3 sharps

• There is F sharp, C sharp, and G sharp

• Go to the far right sharp, identify it as G sharp, then go up to the next note in the alphabet which is A. This is A Major​

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A Major​

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Multiple Choice

What is this key signature?

• C Major

• G Major

• D Major

• A Major

Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• C Major

• G Major

• D Major

• A Major

Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• C Major

• G Major

• D Major

• A Major

Multiple Choice

What key signature is this?

• C Major

• G Major

• D Major

• A Major

• ​Key Signatures are a set of sharp, flat, or natural symbols placed at the beginning of a section of music

• Key signatures are placed at the beginning of the music, right after the clef

• ​To identify a flat key signature, you go to the far right flat, then go back 1 flat to the left

• To identify a sharp key signature, go to the last sharp, identify it, then go up to the next note in the alphabet​

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