key signatures solfege

Scale Degrees/SolfegeKey Signatures

August 24, 2006

Major Scales

Key Signatures Terms

• Key Signature: The sharp, flat or natural signs placed at the beginning of a staff indicating the tonality of the composition.

Sharp # Key Signatures

• Order of the Sharps– F#– C#

– G#

– D#

– A#

– E#

– B#

• Acronym (Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds)

Sharp # Key Signatures

• Order of the Sharps– F#– C#

– G#

– D#

– A#

– E#

– B#

• Major Keys– G– D– A– E– B– F#– C#

• Acronym (God Destroyed All Earth By Flood Conditions)

Flat b Key Signatures

• Order of the Flats– Bb

– Eb

– Ab

– Db

– Gb

– Cb

– Fb

• Acronym (BEAD Gross Cafeteria Food)

Flat b Key Signatures

• Order of the Flats– Bb

– Eb

– Ab

– Db

– Gb

– Cb

– Fb

• Major Keys– F– Bb

– Eb

– Ab

– Db

– Gb

– Cb

• Acronym (For Being Evil and Disobeying God’s Commandments)

How To Determine Major Key

• Flats– The next to the last flat is the Major key.

• Sharps– Last sharp is the “Ti” of the Major scale.

How To Determine Major Key

• Flats– With the exception of F Major, every other

flat major key has “flat” as part of its name.

– This is because the name of the key is flatted in the key signature.

• Sharps– F# and C# Major are the only two sharp

majors that have “sharp” as part of its name.

Name This Major Key

Name This Major Key

Name This Major Key

Name This Major Key

Name This Major Key

Name This Major Key

Name The Accidentals

• I am Bb Major

Name the Accidentals

• I am B Major

Name The Accidentals

• I am D Major

Name the Accidentals

• I am A Major

Name the Accidentals

• I am F Major

Name the Accidentals

• I am Eb Major

Name the Accidentals

• I am Db Major

Name the Enharmonic

• I am Db Major

Name the Enharmonic

• I am Gb Major

Name the Enharmonic

• I am B Major