F# minor has a key signature of 3 sharps, whereas Gb minor has a key signature with 6 flats. It's easier to use key signatures with fewer flats/sharps.
D minor - more specifically, D harmonic minor (the version of the minor scale with a flat 6 and a sharp 7). However, you will never see a key signature with a B flat and a C sharp. The key signature will only contain B flat.
D sharp minor
A minor
C major (no sharps or flats)Sharp Keys:G Major/E minor (1 sharp)D Major/B minor (2 sharps)A Major/F-sharp minor (3 sharps)E Major/C-sharp minor (4 sharps)B Major/G-sharp minor (5 sharps)F-sharp Major/D-sharp minor (6 sharps)C-sharp Major/A-sharp minor (7 sharps)Flat Keys:F Major/D minor (1 flat)B-flat Major/G minor (2 flats)E-flat Major/C minor (3 flats)A-flat Major/F minor (4 flats)D-flat Major/B-flat minor (5 flats)G-flat Major/E-flat minor (6 flats)C-flat Major/A-flat minor (7 flats)These are all the possible keys you can write in, enharmonic keys are italicised.
There are a total of fifteen keys in Western music. Keys come with two forms, sharp keys and flat keys and one comes with all naturals. The complete list of major keys are shown below: C major (or A minor) - no sharps/flats G major (E minor) - 1 sharp D major (B minor) - 2 sharps A major (F-sharp minor) - 3 sharps E major (C-sharp minor) - 4 sharps B major (G-sharp minor) - 5 sharps F-sharp major (D-sharp minor) - 6 sharps C-sharp major (A-sharp minor) - 7 sharps F major (D minor) - 1 flat B-flat major (G minor) - 2 flats E-flat major (C minor) - 3 flats A-flat major (F minor) - 4 flats D-flat major (B-flat minor) - 5 flats G-flat major (E-flat minor) - 6 flats C-flat major (A-flat minor) -7 flats There you go, those are all the different keys you can write in!
There are no flats in b-minor. B major has two flats, both B-flat and A-flat, but b-flat minor is the relative minor of D-major, which has a sharp key signature. The sharps in b-minor are F-sharp and C-sharp.
f sharp
E Flat Minor
The key with 6 flats is G flat major (this is the same as the key with 6 sharps: F sharp major). The relative minor is e flat minor (also called d sharp minor).
For G Harmonic Minor: G, A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat and F-sharp. For G Melodic Minor: [Ascending] G, A, B-flat, C, D, E and F-sharp. [Descending] G, F, E-flat, D, C, B-flat and A.
Firstly, lets think about your major cghords. All major chord consist of the first (root) third and fifth notes of the major scale from which they come. so, for c major for eg, C E and G. you chords will all contain 1st 3rd and 5th notes somwhere. so, to make them minor, simply lower the third by a semitone, ie one fret, and hey presto, a minor chord. Jason, Essex UK
Technically, none. If a scale has sharps then it won't have flats and vice-versa. But, in this case it's a matter of semantics: A flat is the same as G sharp and there are several scales that have both G sharp and C sharp - for example, D major, A major, E major, B major, F# major, C# major, G# major, B minor, F# minor, C# minor, G# minor - and then there are the other 5 modes besides major and minor. As well, C# is the same as D flat. D flat and A flat are also found in several scales.