Scale Degrees/Solfege

Key Signatures
August 24, 2006
Major Scales
Key Signatures Terms
Key Signature: The sharp, flat or natural
signs placed at the beginning of a staff
indicating the tonality of the composition.
Sharp
#
Key Signatures
Order of the Sharps
F
#
C
#

G
#

D
#

A
#

E
#

B
#
Acronym (Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating
Birds)
Sharp
#
Key Signatures
Order of the Sharps
F
#
C
#

G
#

D
#

A
#

E
#

B
#
Major Keys
G
D
A
E
B
F
#
C
#

Acronym (God Destroyed All

Earth By Flood Conditions)
Flat
b
Key Signatures
Order of the Flats
B
b

E
b

A
b

D
b

G
b

C
b

F
b
Acronym (BEAD Gross Cafeteria Food)
Flat
b
Key Signatures
Order of the Flats
B
b

E
b

A
b

D
b

G
b

C
b

F
b
Major Keys
F
B
b

E
b

A
b

D
b

G
b

C
b
Acronym (For Being
Evil and Disobeying
Gods
Commandments)
How To Determine Major Key
Flats
The next to the last
flat is the Major key.
Sharps
Last sharp is the Ti
of the Major scale.
How To Determine Major Key
Flats
With the exception
of F Major, every
other flat major key
has flat as part of
its name.
This is because the
name of the key is
flatted in the key
signature.
Sharps
F
#
and C
#
Major are
the only two sharp
majors that have
sharp as part of its
name.
Name This Major Key
Name This Major Key
Name This Major Key
Name This Major Key
Name This Major Key
Name This Major Key
Name The Accidentals
I am B
b
Major
Name the Accidentals
I am B Major
Name The Accidentals
I am D Major
Name the Accidentals
I am A Major
Name the Accidentals
I am F Major
Name the Accidentals
I am E
b
Major
Name the Accidentals
I am D
b
Major
Name the Enharmonic
I am D
b
Major
Name the Enharmonic
I am G
b
Major
Name the Enharmonic
I am B Major