Key Signature Table:

Use this chart to tell you how many sharps or flats

are in any given key and to work out what the
key signature is from any number of sharps or flats.

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For example, in the Major b's key, Eb has 3 flats in it.

Major #s

Minor #s

0 Carol
1 Grows
2 Daisies
3 And
4 Enters
5 Blooms
6 F#or
7 C#ompetition

0 Animals
1 Enter
2 Boats
3 F#or
4 C#ruise
5 G#oing
6 D#own
7 A#mazon

Major bs

Minor bs

0 Chef
1 Fred
2 Bbuys
3 Ebggs
4 Abnd
5 Dboes
6 Gbood
7 Cbooking

0 All
1 Dogs
2 Give
3 Cats
4 Frights
5 Bbut
6 Eblephants
7 Abche
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Order of Key Signatures:

This chart below will help you remember the order of
sharps & flats in all the clefs needed for Grade 5 theory.

#s

bs

Fred Charles Goes Down

And Ends Battle

Battle Ends And Down

Goes Charles Fred

# ## #
# ##

bbb
bbb
b

# ## #
# ##

bbb
b bb
b

# ## #
# ##

Alto

bbb
bbb
b

Tenor

bbb
bbb
b

# ####
##

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Chord Chart:
You can use the chord chart below to help you with the
Following :
1) Composing a Melody
2) Chords at Cadential Points
3) Naming Chords

The chord chart below can be used to easily indicate

which notes are in any chord of your chosen key and inversion.
The example is in C Major.
c) G A B
b) E F G
a) C D E
I II III

C
A
F
IV

D E
B C
G A
V VI

F
D
B
VII

The Roman Numerals along the bottom indicate the chord

number and the 'a', 'b' and 'c' indicate the inversion - with 'a'
being the Root, 'b' the 1st inversion and 'c' 2nd inversion.
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Degrees of the scale:

Use the chart below to help remind you of the names
of each degree of the scale:

1St - Tonic
2nd - Super Tonic
3rd - Mediant
4th - Sub-Dominant
5th - Dominant
6th - Sub-Mediant
7th - Leading Note
8th - Upper Tonic

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in exam

Use the accidentals 'Flow Chart' for intervals

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x
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