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Scales and Key Signatures
This category is about major, minor and other musical scales, and keys and key signatures in musical notation. All questions should relate to forms and construction of scales, and key signatures within these forms.
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What does it mean when a sharp and a flat are in front of the same note?
Offhand, I would say that is a misprint. However, a natural and flat means to return to a normal flat note after a double-flat. For example, suppose you are in a key with B-flat in the key signature, but you have an E-flat diminished chord, which includes B-double-flat. After that you have a regular B-flat. The natural cancels the double-flat, and the single flat returns to the usual note.
After a double-sharp, a natural and sharp would do the same thing.
A key signature is the placement of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music which determines what the key of a song is and unlike the time signature it is repeated every line; here is a list of all the possible keys you can write in:
C Major/a minor (no sharps and no flats)
Sharp Keys:
G Major/e minor (1 sharp)
D Major/b minor (2 sharps)
A Major/f♯minor (3 sharps)
E Major/c♯minor (4 sharps)
B Major/g♯ minor (5 sharps)
F♯ Major/d♯ minor (6 sharps)
C♯ Major/a♯ minor (7 sharps)
Flat Keys:
F Major/d minor (1 flat)
Bb Major/g minor (2 flats)
Eb Major/c minor (3 flats)
Ab Major/f minor (4 flats)
Db Major/bb minor (5 flats)
Gb Major/eb minor (6 flats)
Cb Major/ab minor (7 flats)
What are the sharps and flats in the major scales?
C major: no sharps, no flats
F major: no sharps, B flat
Bb (B flat) major: no sharps, B and E flat
Eb major: no sharps; B, E, and A flat
Ab major: no sharps; B, E, A, and D flat
Db major: no sharps; B, E, A, D, and G flat
Gb major/F# (F sharp) major: no sharps; B, E, A, D, G, and C flat / F, C, G, D, A, and E sharp; no flats
B major: F, C, G, D, and A sharp; no flats
E major: F, C, G, and D sharp; no flats
A major: F, C, and G sharp; no flats
D major: F and C sharp, no flats
G major: F sharp, no flats
What are the notes in d minor scale?
The notes of the D harmonic minor scale are D, E, F, G, A, B flat, C#, D.
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What are the notes in the C sharp minor scale?
Natural minor: C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B, C#
Harmonic minor: C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B#, C#
Melodic minor: C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B#, C#, B, A, G#, F#, E, D#, C#
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What key signature has E flat and G flat?
No key signature could have only Eb and Gb, but some include those two e.g. Db Major, Gb Major, Bb minor and Eb minor.
What is the difference between a bass cleft of the key signature and the treble cleft?
Clefs The treble clef tells the musician that the staff is treble. Since it curls around the G line, it is also called a G clef. The treble staff begins with the first line as E. Each successive space and line is the next letter in the musical alphabet. The staff ends with the last line as an F. Many mnemonic devices exist to help a person remember which line and space is which. One of the most common phrases to remember the names of the lines is: Every Good Boy Does Fine' To remember the spaces, just remember that they spell FACE starting from the bottom. The bass (pronounced 'base' ) clef, is also known as the F clef because it locates the line known as F. The bass clef uses the same musical alphabet as treble, but the letters start in different places. Instead of an E, the bottom line is a G, and the letters proceed logically from there. Again, simple mnemonics can be used to remember the names of the notes. The lines on the bass cleft, from bottom to top are: G, B, D, F, A (Good Boys Don't Fight Anyone), and the spaces are A,C,E,G (All Cows Eat Grass). So bottom line of Treble clef is E and the bottom line of the BASS clef is a G. Usually a bass player will only look at that linein a muscical score, whereas the bass clef isplayed by a pianist's left hand.
How do you play the A minor scale for alto Sax?
Hi! Im Kitty_1616! I play the alto sax anbd I know almost all scales. So..... The notes to the A minor Harmonic scale are: * A * B * C * D * E * F * G sharp * A The notes for the A minor Melodic scale GOING UP are: * A * B * C * D * F SHARP * G SHARP * A Going down, the F & G are not sharped. Glad I could help you! Kitty_1616 Hi! Im Kitty_1616! I play the alto sax anbd I know almost all scales. So..... The notes to the A minor Harmonic scale are: * A * B * C * D * E * F * G sharp * A The notes for the A minor Melodic scale GOING UP are: * A * B * C * D * F SHARP * G SHARP * A Going down, the F & G are not sharped. Glad I could help you! Kitty_1616
B minor harmonic and melodic scale for flutes?
B min harmonic: B C# D E F# G A# B
B min melodic: B C# D E F# G# A# B
How many notes are there in a minor scale?
It contains 7 distinct pitches, plus the tonic is often repeated at the octave.
What is the key signature of piece en forme de habanera?
This will depend on what version you are listening to, looking at.
What are the notes in F sharp minor scale?
The F-sharp natural minor scale consists of these notes:
F-sharp, G-sharp, A,G,C-sharp,D, and E
The F-sharp harmonic minor scale consists of these notes:
F-sharp, G-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D and E-sharp.
The F-sharp melodic minor scale consists of these notes:
[going up] F-sharp, G-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E-sharp.
[going down] F-sharp, E, D, C-sharp, B, A and G-sharp.
What are the differences between C Major and C Minor?
The key of C Major consists of these notes: C, D, E, F, G, A and B.
The key of C Harmonic Minor consists of these notes: C, D, E-flat, F, G, A-flat and B.
The key of C Melodic Minor consists of these notes: C, B-flat, A-flat, G, F, E-flat and D. However, when played ascending as a scale, the sixth (A-flat) and seventh (B-flat) notes/degrees would be sharped, leaving us with B and A. On the way back down they are restored to A-flat and B-flat.
What are the notes in an E minor scale?
Natural minor: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D, E
Harmonic minor: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D#, E
Melodic minor: E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D#, E, D, C, B, A, G, F#, E
Does major scale just go up and down?
yes, it can go up and down
some examples with what u can do with it.
- Normal...Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do, then back down Do, Ti, La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do
- Triad....Do Mi So Mi Do
- minor triad... Do Me So Me Do
- Minor Scale.... Do Re Me Fa Sol La Ti Do Te Le Sol Fa Me Re Do
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Why do all major scales have black notes?
They don't all have black notes. The scale of C Major contains the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, none of which is black.
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What key signature has B flat and E flat?
Bb. B flat has two flats, the first two flats on the staff: Bb, and Eb. Also, the relative minor to Bb, G minor, also contains two flats in the key signature; Bb, and Eb. To find the relative minor to a major key, simply count down 2 and one half steps. ie: Bb, Ab, G, making the relative minor to Bb "G minor", which also has the same key signature.
