Key Signature Flashcards• These are all key signatures in treble, bass and alto clef.• Instead of the usual handheld flashcards, I projected these from

my computer. Easier to use, always stayed nice, and all students could see better.

• Feel free to jazz it up, edit, add to, and shift slides around periodically to mix it up.

• Slides are currently set to show answer and advance on click, you may prefer timed animation.

A sharp or flat placed before a note is sometimes called an “accidental”. True or False?

• True

True or False? One or more flats or sharps at the beginning

of a staff is called a key signature.

• True

Name the order of flats as they appear in the major key signatures.

• Bb• Eb• Ab• Db• Gb• Cb• Fb

Name the order of sharps as they appear in the major key signatures.

• F#• C#• G#• D#• A#• E#• B#

What is the rule for finding the key signature in sharps?

• The key is the note above the last sharp in signature.

What is the rule for finding the key signature in flats?

• The key is the next to the last flat.

A major F# minor

Gb majorEb minor

Ab majorF minor

B majorG# minor

Bb majorG minor

C majorA minor

G majorE minor

C# majorA# minor

C majorA minor

Cb majorAb minor

D majorB minor

Db majorBb minor

B majorG# minor

F majorD minor

Gb majorEb minor

Ab majorF minor

F majorD minor

Bb majorGb minor

Eb majorC minor

G majorE minor

A majorF# minor

Db majorBb minor

A majorF# minor

C# majorA# minor

D majorB minor

Db majorBb minor

E majorC# minor

D majorB minor

Eb majorC minor

E majorC# minor

F# majorD# minor

Eb majorC minor

E majorG# minor

Gb majorEb minor

Ab majorF minor

F# majorD# minor

G majorE minor

Cb majorAb minor

F majorA minor

Bb majorG minor

F# majorD# minor

C majorA minor

C# majorA# minor

Cb majorAb minor

B majorG# minor

Cb majorAb minor