Name ________________________

Key Signatures with Flats

Bell

________________________

The flats must always go in this order: __________________________________________________________________

A phrase we can use to remember this is:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If a key signature has 3 flats,

If a key signature has 1 flat,

If a key signature has 5 flats,

they are ____________________

it is ____________________

they are ____________________

If a key signature has 2 flats,

If a key signature has 4 flats,

If a key signature has 7 flats,

they are ____________________

they are _________________

they are ____________________

Flats are always written on the staff in order from left to right.

Practice drawing the key signatures on the staffs below. Include the clef sign for your instrument.

1 Flat

4 Flats

2 Flats

5 Flats

3 Flats

7 Flats

Key Signatures with Flats

Name ________________________

Team ________________________
There are two key signatures that dont follow any of the rules.
You must know these.
The key of C Major has ______________________________________________________________
The key of F Major has ____________________________________________

Be careful when writing the names of key signatures.

You must know whether the name of the key contains or .
Ex. G Major vs G# Major vs G Major

Remember these rules.

If the name of the key does not have or , it contains sharps

The only sharp keys with in the name are F Major and C Major
G# Major, D# Major, A# Major, E# Major, B# Major DO NOT EXIST!!!!

All flat keys have in the name

The two exceptions to these rules are C Major and F MajorYou must memorize these!
F Major DOES NOT EXIST!!!