Objective 1.29

Suggested Learning Resources

1) YFIO

2) Video Lesson: YouTube Anne Crosby Channel http://youtu.be/y3F0qYNBozk

3) Online Reading: CircleOfFifths.com http://www.circleoffifths.com/#axzz3NZq2quSk

4) Interactive Lesson: Teoria.com Key Signature Identification http://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/ksi.php

Music Theory QuickThink:

- Key signatures appear at the start of a musical line, found after the clef and before the time signature.

- The order of sharps and flats in a key signature are always the same

- Key signatures do not contain sharps and flats at the same time

- Key signatures do not contain double sharps or double flats

- For Major Key Signatures

o No Sharps or Flats = C Major
o One Sharp = G Major
o Two Sharps = D Major
o Three Sharps = A Major
o Four Sharps = E Major
o Five Sharps = B Major
o Six Sharps = F# Major
o Seven Sharps = C# Major
o One Flat = F Major
o Two Flats = Bb Major
o Three Flats = Eb Major
o Four Flats = Ab major
o Five Flats = Db Major
o Six Flats = Gb Major
o Seven Flats = Cb Major

CONSTRUCTING A CIRLCE OF 5THS CHART IS A STANDARD WAY OF VISUALLY ORGANIZING THE KEY SIGNATURES

- Draw a Circle

- Make 12 line marks around the circle as if you were marking the 12 hours of a clock

- Put C Major at the top of the circle (12 o’clock)

- Moving Counterclockwise, write the key sharp key signatures, one key for each hour. G,D,A,E,B,F#,C# (C# should end up in the 7 o’clock position)

- Starting back at the top and moving counterclockwise, write the keys for the flat key signatures, one key for each hour, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, (Cb should end up at the 5 o’clock position)

- There will be 3 clock positions containing two keys that are enharmonic… Cb/B, Gb/F#, C#/Db

Objective 1.29: Examples in Music: YouTube

http://youtu.be/0j433_rDCeE?t=5m18s

Objective 1.29: Identify and notate major key signatures on staves of treble, bass, alto, and tenor clef