Sharp Keys
The key signature for this Major key contains 2 sharps.
What is D major?
This is the only flat key without a flat in its name.
What is F Major?
WWHWWWH
What is a major scale?
Contains only white keys on the piano; found at the top of the Circle of Fifths.
What is C Major?
The names of the two most important scale degrees in any scale.
What are the tonic and dominant (scale degrees 1 and 5)?
This is a quick way to find the key in a sharp key signature.
What is to raise the last sharp up a 1/2 step?
This is the order of flats when writing key signatures.
What is B E A D G C F?
The W/H step pattern for a natural minor scale.
What is WHWWHWW?
Moving clockwise around the circle, each subsequent key ascends by this interval.
What is a perfect 5th?
Scale degree 7 in all diatonic scales except natural minor is called ______.
What is the leading tone?
The sharps (in order) in the key of B minor.
What is F# and C#?
This Major key signature contains 7 flats.
What is C-flat Major?
This scale uses exclusively half steps.
What is a chromatic scale?
Descending P5ths mark the counterclockwise movement around the Circle of 5ths for these types of keys.
What are the flat keys?
My scale degree is known as the submediant.
What is scale degree 6?
This is the relative minor of C# Major
What is A# minor?
This minor key signature has 3 flats.
What is C minor?
This scale has 5 notes.
What is the pentatonic scale?
The 3 sets of enharmonically equivalent keys on the Circle of 5ths.
What are F# and Gb, C# and Db, and Cb and B?
This is the scale degree and name of C# in an A Major scale.
What is scale degree 3, the mediant?
G# minor is the relative minor of this Major key.
What is B Major?
The enharmonic partner of this key has 5 flats.
What is C# major?
An ascending melodic minor scale is characterized by these alterations to the natural minor scale.
What are raised scale degrees 6 and 7?
The number of Major keys on the Circle of 5ths.
What is 15?
Bb is the note name of this scale degree in a C natural minor scale, and it is called the _____.
What is scale degree 7, the subtonic?