Keys

Question 1

If you are looking at a key signature with Sharps, how do you know which key it is in, if it is in a Major key?

Answer 1

Look at the last sharp (furthest to the right) and go up one half step. For example, an F# means key of G. An A# means key of B.

Question 2

What is the mnemonic to remember the order of sharps?

Answer 2

Funny clowns go dancing after eating Bon-bons.

F C G D A E B

Question 3

What is the key signature for C Major?

Answer 3

No sharps or flats.

Question 4

What is the key signature for G major?

Answer 4

F sharp.

Question 5

What is the key signature for D major?

Answer 5

Two sharps - F# and C#.

Question 6

What is the key signature for A Major?

Answer 6

3 sharps - F#, C#, G#.

Question 7

What is the key signature for E Major?

Answer 7

Four sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#.

Question 8

What is the key signature for B Major?

Answer 8

5 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#

Question 9

What’s the key signature for F# Major?

Answer 9

6 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#

Question 10

What major key has no sharps or flats?

Answer 10

C Major

Question 11

What Major key has one sharp?

Answer 11

G Major - F#

Question 12

What Major key has two sharps?

Answer 12

D Major - F#, C#

Question 13

What Major key has three sharps?

Answer 13

A Major - F#, C#, G#

Question 14

What Major key has 4 sharps?

Answer 14

E Major - F#, C#, G#, D#

Question 15

What Major key has 5 sharps?

Answer 15

B Major - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#

Question 16

What Major key has 6 sharps?

Answer 16

F# Major - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#

Question 17

What is the mnemomic for the order of flats in a key signature?

Answer 17

BEAD goes chasing flats - B E A D G C F

Question 18

What is the key signature for F major?

Answer 18

1 Flat - B flat

Question 19

What is the key signature for Bflat Major?

Answer 19

2 Flats - B & E flat

Question 20

What is the key signature for E flat Major?

Answer 20

3 Flats - B, E and A flat

Question 21

What is the key signature for A flat Major?

Answer 21

4 Flats - B, E, A and D flat

Question 22

What is the key signature for D flat Major?

Answer 22

5 flats - B, E, A, D and G

Question 23

How do you know what key a piece is in if it has flats and is Major?

Answer 23

Look at the second to the last flat (from the right). For instance if it has BEAD flats then it is A flat Major.

Question 24

How many letters and half steps are there in a Major 3rd?

Answer 24

3 letters, 4 half steps

Question 25

How many letters and half steps are there in a minor 3rd?

Answer 25

3 letters, 3 half steps

Question 26

How many letters and half steps are there in a perfect 5th?

Answer 26

5 letters, 7 half steps

Question 27

How many letters and half steps are there in an augmented 5th?

Answer 27

5 letters, 8 half steps

Question 28

How many letters and half steps are there in an diminished 5th?

Answer 28

5 letters, 6 half steps

Question 29

What intervals have augmented, perfect and diminished forms?

Answer 29

1, 4, 5, 8

Question 30

What intervals have augmented, Major, minor and diminished forms?

Answer 30

2, 3, 6, 7

Question 31

What minor key signature has no sharps or flats?

Answer 31

A minor

Question 32

What minor key signature has 1 sharp?

Answer 32

E minor

Question 33

What minor key signature has 2 sharps?

Answer 33

B minor

Question 34

What minor key signature has 3 sharps?

Answer 34

F# minor

Question 35

What minor key signature has 4 sharps?

Answer 35

C# minor

Question 36

What minor key signature has 5 sharps?

Answer 36

G# minor

Question 37

What minor key signature has 6 sharps?

Answer 37

D# minor

Question 38

What minor key signature has 1 flat?

Answer 38

D minor

Question 39

What minor key signature has 2 flats?

Answer 39

G minor

Question 40

What minor key signature has 3 flats?

Answer 40

C minor

Question 41

What minor key signature has 4 flats?

Answer 41

F minor

Question 42

What minor key signature has 5 flats?

Answer 42

B flat minor

Question 43

What is the key signature of D minor?

Answer 43

One flat - b flat

Question 44

What is the key signature of C# minor?

Answer 44

4 sharps - f,c,g,d

Question 45

What is the key signature of B minor?

Answer 45

2 sharps - f,c

Question 46

What is the key signature of C minor

Answer 46

3 flats - b,e,a

Question 47

What is the key signature of F# minor?

Answer 47

3 sharps - f,c,g

Question 48

What is the key signature of E minor?

Answer 48

1 sharp - f

Question 49

What is the key signature of G minor?

Answer 49

2 flats - b, e

Question 50

What is the key signature of A minor?

Answer 50

no flats or sharps

Question 51

What is the key signature of F minor?

Answer 51

4 flats - b,e,a,d

Question 52

What is the key signature of D# minor?

Answer 52

6 sharps - f,c,g,d,a,e

Question 53

What is the key signature of G# minor?

Answer 53

5 sharps - f,c,g,d,a

Question 54

What is the key signature of B flat minor?

Answer 54

5 flats - b,e,a,d,g

Question 55

For any major key, how do you know what the relative minor is?

Answer 55

It is a minor 3rd (3 letters, 3 half steps) below the major key.

Question 56

If you have a minor key, what is its major relative key?

Answer 56

The major relative is a minor third up from the minor key (3 letters, 3 half steps).

Question 57

What is another name for a treble clef?

Answer 57

G clef because it spirals around the G on the 2nd line.

Question 58

What is another name for bass clef?

Answer 58

F clef because it spirals and the two dots go around the F on the second from the top line.

Question 59

What are the 3 clefs normally used for the cello? Bonus for the rarely used fourth clef?

Answer 59

Bass, treble, tenor. Rarely it uses alto.

Question 60

Explain the tenor clef?

Answer 60

The tenor clef is a C clef which looks like 2 lines followed by a 3. For tenor clef the middle of the 3 points to the 4th line (2nd from the top) - that's where C4 is placed.

Question 61

How can you tell the alto from the tenor clef?

Answer 61

Both are C clefs. For alto, the clef is drawn evenly on the staff and points the C to the middle line. The more common tenor clef is higher and points to the fourth line (second from the top).