Identifying sharp keys

Order the steps to finding the tonic of major keys with sharp key signatures

• The note a semitone higher from the last sharp is the tonic, and therefore the name of the major key

• Identify the last sharp (use Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle)

• Go up a semitone from the last sharp

Identify this major key

• E Major

• G Major

• A Major

• B Major

Order the steps to finding the tonic of minor keys with sharp key signatures

• Go up a semitone from the last sharp

• Go 3 semitones down from the note that is a semitone higher than the last sharp

• That note will be the tonic of the minor key, and therefore the name of the minor key

• Identify the last sharp (use Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle)

Identify this minor key

• B minor

• F# minor

• D# minor

• E minor

Order the steps to finding the tonic of major keys with sharp key signatures

• The note a semitone higher from the last sharp is the tonic, and therefore the name of the major key

• Identify the last sharp (use Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle)

• Go up a semitone from the last sharp

Identify this major key

• E Major

• F# Major

• A Major

• B Major

Order the steps to finding the tonic of minor keys with sharp key signatures

• Identify the last sharp (use Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle)

• Go up a semitone from the last sharp

• That note will be the tonic of the minor key, and therefore the name of the minor key

• Go 3 semitones down from the note that is a semitone higher than the last sharp

Identify this minor key

• C# minor

• B Minor

• E Minor

• G# minor

Which two keys are indicated by this key signature:

• A Major and F# minor

• E Major and C# minor

• B major and G# minor

• F# Major and D# minor

• C# Major and A# minor

Which two keys are indicated by this key signature:

• A Major and F# minor

• E Major and C# minor

• B major and G# minor

• F# Major and D# minor

• C# Major and A# minor