Check your Key Signature
Count your Sharps
Count your Flats
Relative Minors
100

This major key has no sharps or flats.

What is C major?

100

This key signature has one sharp, F♯.

Answer: What is G major?

100

This major key signature has one flat (B♭).

What is F major?

100

This minor key shares a key signature with C major.

What is A minor?

200

The order of sharps follows this mnemonic device.

What is ‘Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle’?

200

This major key contains F♯ and C♯

What is D major?

200

This is the correct order of flats in E♭ major.

What is B♭, E♭, and A♭?

200

This minor scale raises only the 7th scale degree to create a leading tone, both ascending and descending.

What is the harmonic minor scale?

300

The order of flats follows this mnemonic device.

What is ‘Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father’?

300

These are the sharps of A-major.

What is F#, C#, and G#?

300

This major key uses B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, and G♭

What is D♭ major?

300

This minor key uses three flats and is the relative minor of E♭ major.

What is C minor?

400

This is the total number of major key signatures in standard Western music theory.

What is 15?

400

This major key uses six flats.

What is G♭ major?

400

This minor key uses four flats and is the relative minor of G♭ major.

What is E♭ minor?

500

These are the names of the 3 types of minor scales. 

What is natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales?

500

This key signature has seven flats—every flat possible.

What is C♭ major?

500

This minor scale raises scale degrees 6 and 7 when going up and reverts to natural minor when going down.

What is the melodic minor scale?