3. Double Sharps & Flats, Minor and Enharmonic Scales

Question 1

What does each Major Key have?

Answer 1

A relative minor key.

Question 2

What does an accidental in front of a note do?

Answer 2

Raises or lowers the pitch of a note.

Question 3

To what notes do accidentals apply?

Answer 3

Only to the notes on that specific line or in that specific space in that specific measure.

Question 4

What cancels an accidental?

Answer 4

A natural accidental or a bar line.

Question 5

What does a double sharp sign do?

Answer 5

Raises a sharp one chromatic semitone (half step) and raises a natural note one chromatic whole tone (whole step or two half steps). Equivalent to 2 sharps)

Question 6

What does a sharp sign do?

Answer 6

Raises a natural note one chromatic semitone (half step)

Question 7

What does a natural sign do?

Answer 7

Cancels an accidental and is always a white key.

Question 8

What does a flat sign do?

Answer 8

Lowers a natural note one chromatic semitone (half step)

Question 9

What does a double flat sign do?

Answer 9

Lowers a flat one chromatic semitone (half step) and lowers a natural note one chromatic whole tone (whole step or two half steps). Equivalent to 2 flats)

Question 10

What is the symbol for a double sharp?

Answer 10

Similar to a small x with diamonds on the ends

Question 11

What is the symbol for a double flat?

Answer 11

Two flat symbols

Question 12

What is a chromatic whole step?

Answer 12

A whole step with the same letter name - C to Cx

Question 13

What is a chromatic half step?

Answer 13

A half step with the same letter name - C to C#

Question 14

What is a diatonic whole step?

Answer 14

A whole step with a different letter name - C to D

Question 15

What is a diatonic half step?

Answer 15

A half step with different letter names - C to Bb

Question 16

When does an Interval use a double flat?

Answer 16

When a Major interval with the top note as a flat becomes a minor interval by lowering the top note one chromatic semitone. A flat is lowered to a double flat.

Question 17

What are the guidelines to naming an interval?

Answer 17

The bottom note of the interval names the Major key. Determine the Major interval first. Lower the top note one chromatic semitone (half step) to change a Major interval into a minor interval. If the top note is a flat, lower it to a double flat.

Question 18

How are accidentals written for harmonic intervals of a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when both notes have accidentals?

Answer 18

The accidental is written closest to the top note and further away from the bottom note.

Question 19

How are accidentals written for harmonic intervals of a 7 or 8 when both notes have accidentals?

Answer 19

The accidentals are written lined up vertically (above each other).

Question 20

What is acceptable when writing a harmonic interval and there is no room for correct placement of accidentals?

Answer 20

It is acceptable to place the accidental further away from the top note.

Question 21

What does a Major key and its relative minor key have in common?

Answer 21

The same Key Signature.

Question 22

Where and how are Major keys written on the Circle of Fifths?

Answer 22

On the outside in upper case letters.

Question 23

Where and how are minor keys written on the Circle of Fifths?

Answer 23

On the inside of the circle in lower case letters.

Question 24

What letter (Major key) is the landmark and starting position for adding the relative minor keys to the Circle of Fifths?

Answer 24

The first letter of the alphabet “A” on the flat and sharp sides.

Question 25

What is the first minor key added to the Circle of Fifths?

Answer 25

f minor on the flat side.

Question 26

A) What is the minor key sentence starting on the flat side of the Circle of Fifths? B) What is the minor key sentence starting on the sharp side of the Circle of Fifths?

Answer 26

A) "father charles goes down and ends battle" | B) using sharps - "father charles goes down and" - change to flats - "and ends battle"

Question 27

What is the distance between a Major key and its relative minor key?

Answer 27

3 semitones (3 letter names)

Question 28

How many and what minor scales contain a double sharp?

Answer 28

Six. The harmonic and melodic minor scales of g sharp minor, a sharp minor and d sharp minor.

Question 29

What creates a harmonic minor scale?

Answer 29

Raising the 7th note one chromatic semitone ascending and descending.

Question 30

What creates a melodic minor scale?

Answer 30

Raising the 6th and 7th notes one chromatic semitone ascending and lowering the 6th and 7th notes one chromatic semitone descending.

Question 31

What happens to a sharp when it is raised one chromatic semitone (half step)?

Answer 31

It becomes a double sharp.

Question 32

How may minor scales be written?

Answer 32

Using accidentals or a Key Signature and with or without a centre bar line.

Question 33

If a minor scale is written using a centre bar line, what happens to the accidentals?

Answer 33

They are cancelled by the centre bar line and have to be written in the ascending and descending scales.

Question 34

If a minor scale is written without a centre bar line, what happens to the accidentals?

Answer 34

The accidentals are written in the ascending scale; only the accidentals for the lowered 6th and 7th are repeated in the descending scale.

Question 35

What does a double sharp lowered one chromatic semitone become?

Answer 35

A sharp.

Question 36

What is the same between tonic major and tonic minor (harmonic or melodic) scales?

Answer 36

They both have the same Tonic (first) note.

Question 37

What is different between tonic major and tonic (harmonic or melodic) minor keys?

Answer 37

They are not related keys. They do not use the same Key Signature. The tonic minor key will have the same Key Signature as its relative Major Key.

Question 38

What is the relative minor of C Major?

Answer 38

a minor

Question 39

What is the relative minor of G Major?

Answer 39

e minor

Question 40

What is the relative minor of D Major?

Answer 40

b minor

Question 41

What is the relative minor of A Major?

Answer 41

f# minor

Question 42

What is the relative minor of E Major?

Answer 42

c# minor

Question 43

What is the relative minor of B Major?

Answer 43

g# minor

Question 44

What is the relative minor of F# Major?

Answer 44

d# minor

Question 45

What is the relative minor of C# Major?

Answer 45

a# minor

Question 46

What is the relative minor of Cb Major?

Answer 46

ab minor

Question 47

What is the relative minor of Gb Major?

Answer 47

eb minor

Question 48

What is the relative minor of Db Major?

Answer 48

bb minor

Question 49

What is the relative minor of Ab Major?

Answer 49

f minor

Question 50

What is the relative minor of Eb Major?

Answer 50

c minor

Question 51

What is the relative minor of Bb Major?

Answer 51

g minor

Question 52

What is the relative minor of F Major?

Answer 52

d minor

Question 53

What is the relative Major of a minor?

Answer 53

C Major

Question 54

What is the relative Major of e minor?

Answer 54

G Major

Question 55

What is the relative Major of b minor?

Answer 55

D Major

Question 56

What is the relative Major of c minor?

Answer 56

Eb Major

Question 57

What is the relative Major of f minor?

Answer 57

Ab Major

Question 58

What is the relative Major of g minor?

Answer 58

Bb Major

Question 59

What is the relative Major of d minor?

Answer 59

F Major

Question 60

What is the relative Major of a# minor?

Answer 60

C# Major

Question 61

What is the relative Major of ab minor?

Answer 61

Cb Major

Question 62

What is the relative Major of bb minor?

Answer 62

Db Major

Question 63

What is the relative Major of c# minor?

Answer 63

E Major

Question 64

What is the relative Major of d# minor?

Answer 64

F# Major

Question 65

What is the relative Major of eb minor?

Answer 65

Gb Major

Question 66

What is the relative Major of f# minor?

Answer 66

A Major

Question 67

What is the relative Major of g# minor?

Answer 67

B Major

Question 68

What is the relative minor of C, C# and Cb Major scales?

Answer 68

a a# ab

Question 69

What is the relative minor of D and Db Major scales?

Answer 69

b | bb

Question 70

What is the relative minor of E and Eb Major scales?

Answer 70

c# | c

Question 71

What is the relative minor of F and F# Major scales?

Answer 71

d | d#

Question 72

What is the relative minor of G and Gb Major scales?

Answer 72

e | eb

Question 73

What is the relative minor of A and Ab Major scales?

Answer 73

f# | f

Question 74

What is the relative minor of B and Bb Major scales?

Answer 74

g# | g

Question 75

What are the relative Majors of a, a# and ab minor scales?

Answer 75

C C# Cb

Question 76

What are the relative Majors of b and bb minor scales?

Answer 76

D | Db

Question 77

What are the relative Majors of c# and c minor scales?

Answer 77

E | Eb

Question 78

What are the relative Majors of d and d# minor scales?

Answer 78

F | F#

Question 79

What are the relative Majors of e and eb minor scales?

Answer 79

G | Gb

Question 80

What are the relative Majors of f and f# minor scales?

Answer 80

A | Ab

Question 81

What are the relative Majors of g# and g minor scales?

Answer 81

B | Bb

Question 82

What does a Major scale and its relative minor scale have in common?

Answer 82

The same Key Signature.

Question 83

What does a Major scale and its Tonic minor scale have in common?

Answer 83

The same Tonic (first) note.

Question 84

What are Enharmonic Tonic Minor Scales?

Answer 84

Scales that use the SAME pitches but are written with notes using different letter names (Enharmonic equivalents). Ex bb minor and a# minor scales

Question 85

How many Enharmonic minor scales are there and what are they?

Answer 85

Three. bb minor and a# minor eb minor and d# minor ab minor and g# minor

Question 86

What is an Enharmonic equivalents?

Answer 86

Notes with the same pitch using different letter names.

Question 87

Name six Enharmonic equivalents.

Answer 87

``` C# and Db D# and Eb F# and Gb G# and Ab A# and Bb B and Cb ```

Question 88

Name the three Enharmonic Major Keys.

Answer 88

7 and 5 - C# and Db 6 and 6 - F# and Gb 5 and 7 - B and Cb

Question 89

Name the three Enharmonic minor keys.

Answer 89

5 and 7 - bb and a# 6 and 6 - eb and d# 7 and 5 - ab and g#

Question 90

What do Relative Major and minor scales have in common?

Answer 90

The same Key Signature - they are related

Question 91

What do Tonic Major and minor scales have in common?

Answer 91

The same Tonic note. They are not related.

Question 92

What is another name for Tonic Major and minor scales?

Answer 92

Parallel Major and minor scales.

Question 93

How do Enharmonic Tonic Major and/or minor scales compare?

Answer 93

The begin on the same pitch as the given key but use different letter names. They are not related.

Question 94

How do Enharmonic Relative Major and/or minor scales compare?

Answer 94

They begin on the same pitch as the relative Major or minor of the given key but use different letter names. They are not related.

Question 95

What is the Relative minor of C Major? | What is the Relative Major of c minor?

Answer 95

a minor | Eb Major

Question 96

What is the Tonic minor of C Major? | What is the Tonic Major of a minor?

Answer 96

c minor | A Major

Question 97

What is the Enharmonic Major of Db Major? | What is the Enharmonic minor of Db Major (bb minor)?

Answer 97

C# Major | a# minor

Question 98

What is the Enharmonic relative minor of Gb Major (eb minor)?

Answer 98

d# minor

Question 99

Describe the two steps to determine the Enharmonic scale?

Answer 99

1. Identify the name of the scale. | 2. Change the name to its Enharmonic equivalent.

Question 100

What Major Key and minor key have 7 sharps?

Answer 100

C# and a#

Question 101

What Major Key and minor key have 6 sharps?

Answer 101

F# and d#

Question 102

What Major Key and minor key have 5 sharps?

Answer 102

B and g#

Question 103

What Major Key and minor key have 4 sharps?

Answer 103

E and c#

Question 104

What Major Key and minor key have 3 sharps?

Answer 104

A and f#

Question 105

What Major Key and minor key have 2 sharps?

Answer 105

D and b

Question 106

What Major Key and minor key have 1 sharp?

Answer 106

G and e

Question 107

What Major Key and minor key have no sharps?

Answer 107

C and a

Question 108

What Major Key and minor key have 7 flats?

Answer 108

Cb and ab

Question 109

What Major Key and minor key have 6 flats?

Answer 109

Gb and eb

Question 110

What Major Key and minor key have 5 flats?

Answer 110

Db and bb

Question 111

What Major Key and minor key have 4 flats?

Answer 111

Ab and f

Question 112

What Major Key and minor key have 3 flats?

Answer 112

Eb and c

Question 113

What Major Key and minor key have 2 flats?

Answer 113

Bb and g

Question 114

What Major Key and minor key have 1 flat?

Answer 114

F and d

Question 115

What Major Key and minor key have no flats?

Answer 115

C and a