1. Scale Degrees/Solfege Key Signatures

2. Major Scales

3. Key Signatures Terms Key Signature: The sharp, flat or natural signs placed at the beginning of a staff indicating the tonality of the composition.

4. Sharp # Key Signatures Order of the Sharps –F#–F# –C#–C# –G#–G# –D#–D# –A#–A# –E#–E# –B#–B# Acronym (Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds)

5. Sharp # Key Signatures Order of the Sharps –F#–F# –C#–C# –G#–G# –D#–D# –A#–A# –E#–E# –B#–B# Major Keys –G–G –D–D –A–A –E–E –B–B –F#–F# –C#–C# Acronym (God Destroyed All Earth By Flood Conditions)

6. Flat b Key Signatures Order of the Flats –Bb–Bb –Eb–Eb –Ab–Ab –Db–Db –Gb–Gb –Cb–Cb –Fb–Fb Acronym (BEAD Gross Cafeteria Food)

7. Flat b Key Signatures Order of the Flats –Bb–Bb –Eb–Eb –Ab–Ab –Db–Db –Gb–Gb –Cb–Cb –Fb–Fb Major Keys –F–F –Bb–Bb –Eb–Eb –Ab–Ab –Db–Db –Gb–Gb –Cb–Cb Acronym (For Being Evil and Disobeying God’s Commandments)

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Name This Major Key

16. Name The Accidentals I am B b Major

17. Name the Accidentals I am B Major

18. Name The Accidentals I am D Major

19. Name the Accidentals I am A Major

20. Name the Accidentals I am F Major

21. Name the Accidentals I am E b Major

22. Name the Accidentals I am D b Major

23. Name the Enharmonic I am D b Major

24. Name the Enharmonic I am G b Major

25. Name the Enharmonic I am B Major