Music Theory

Tri Me

100

Em

E, G, B

200

Ab

Ab, C, Eb

300

B

B, D#, F#

400

C#

C#, E#, G#

500

Gbm

Gb, Bbb, Db

Tri Me Again

100

F, A, C

F Major

200

G, Bb, D

Gm

300

Db, F, Ab

Db Major

400

D#, F#, A#

D#m

500

Bb, Db, Fb

Bb^o

Pivot!

100

C major to G Major

C, Em, Am, or G

200

C Major to Am

C, Dm, F, (G), Am, B^o

300

A Major to D major

A, Bm, D, E, F#m

400

D minor to C major

Dm, F, (C)

500

Ab Major to Bb Major

Cm, Eb

7th Heaven

100

C7 (dominant)

C, E, G, Bb

200

GMaj7

G, B, D, F#

300

Cm7

C, Eb, G, Bb

400

F^o7

F, Ab, Cb, Ebb

500

E^ø7

E, G, Bb, D

Circle of Fish

100

Whales aren’t fish, and George Crumb’s Vox Balanae isn’t in a key, but it does use the key signature from this major key, with no sharps or flats.

C Major

200

Whales still aren’t fish, and Alan Hovhaness’s And God Created Great Whales (for orchestra and recorded whale song) isn’t conventionally tonal either. But it does have repeated scales from this major key, with one flat.

F Major

300

Schubert’s Trout Quintet begins in this major key, which has three sharps

A Major

400

Schubert’s song “Die Forelle” (The trout) on which that quartet is based, is in this five-flatted major key.

Db major

500

Goldfish are fish, and while Debussy’s Le Poisson d’or (the goldfish), isn’t conventionally tonal, it still uses the 6-sharped key signature of this major key.

F# major