the key of e flat major
Eb Major and C Minor scales have 3 flats.
C minor and E flat major
Minor scales have flats and major scales have sharps.
Up to 2 sharps or flats.
The seven major scales in Western music are the C major, D major, E major, F major, G major, A major, and B major scales. Each scale consists of seven notes and follows a specific pattern of whole and half steps. The C major scale has no sharps or flats, while the others vary in the number of sharps or flats they contain. These scales serve as the foundation for melody and harmony in music.
Eb Major and C Minor scales have 3 flats.
C minor and E flat major
Minor scales have flats and major scales have sharps.
Up to 2 sharps or flats.
The sharps and flats (black notes)
For c major there are no sharps, for b flat major there are two flats, b flat and e flat
The seven major scales in Western music are the C major, D major, E major, F major, G major, A major, and B major scales. Each scale consists of seven notes and follows a specific pattern of whole and half steps. The C major scale has no sharps or flats, while the others vary in the number of sharps or flats they contain. These scales serve as the foundation for melody and harmony in music.
C flat major, seven flats.
It depends on which key you are referring to, all the keys with flats are: F major (1 flat) B-flat major (2 flats) E-flat major (3 flats) A-flat major (4 flats) D-flat major (5 flats) G-flat major (6 flats) C-flat major (7 flats) Likewise the relative minors are: D minor (1 flat) G minor (2 flats) C minor (3 flats) F minor (4 flats) B-flat minor (5 flats) E-flat minor (6 flats) A-flat minor (7 flats)
There are three enharmonic scales at the bottom of the circle of fifths, those are D-flat, G-flat and C-flat majors for the flats and B, F-sharp and C-sharp majors for the sharps. The relative minors for these scales are B-flat, E-flat and A-flat minors for the flats and G-sharp, D-sharp and A-sharp minors for the sharps.
G-flat major scale has the most with 6 flats: b-flat, e-flat, a-flat, d-flat, g-flat, and c-flat.Of course, one could argue that other scales have more flats (such as C-flat major, F-flat major, B-double-flat major, etc), but these scales are typically notated as their enharmonic equivalent (e.g. A major instead of B-double-flat major).
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