![]() ![]() Tonal music often modulates by moving between adjacent Keys on the Circle Of Fifths. The keys that are most distant from C Major, with six sharps or six flats, are on the opposite side of the circle. The next most closely related keys to C Major would be G Major (or E minor), with one sharp, and F Major (or D minor), with only one flat. So the most closely related key to C Major, for example, is A minor, since they have the same key signature (no sharps and no flats). What makes two keys "closely related" is having similar key signatures. Keys are not considered closely related to each other if they are near each other in the Chromatic Scale (or on a keyboard). The mnemonic for flats is 'Boogie Ends And Down Go Cats Fast'. ![]() From this you can say that if you know the key of E major has four sharps, the mnemonic shows which sharps they are (F#,C#,G#,D#). In order to remember which order that the sharps and flats of a key signature are written, there are several mnemonics that can help: The order of the sharps is Fat Cats Go Dancing At Eds Broiler. Meaning if you see one sharp in the key signature then that will be a F# and only a F# if there are two sharps they will be F# and C# and if there are 3 sharps they would be F# C# and G#. The order of sharps and flats is always the same. If I play only the white keys I am playing in the key of C. ![]() To use your hands to find the next key counter-clockwise start on C and count up 4 steps - C, D, E, F and thats the next key on the Circle of Fourths. When you go counter clockwise the whole thing turns into the Circle of Fourths But remember thats only when you go clockwise around the Circle of Fifths to find the next Key or fifth up! G, A, B, C, D So would be D is the next key signature a fifth up from the key before it. But remember the note you start on counts as one. You could start again from that key G to find the next key up. ![]() G is a 5th up from C and is the next key on the Circle of Fifths. You can make it easy to find the next key signature moving clockwise around the Circle of Fifths, by counting up five steps on your fingers. Notice that there are flats after the key name starting on B ♭ Major going counter clockwise around the Circle of Fifths and sharps starting on F# Major going clockwise around the Circle of Fifths. Moving counter-clockwise around the Circle of fifths adds flats to the key signature, and moving clockwise around the Circle of Fifths adds sharps to the key signature. Starting from the key of C and moving clockwise by ascending fifths, the key of G has one sharp, the key of D has 2 sharps and so on. The Circle of Fifths shows how any Sharps or Flats are in a given Key.Īt the top of the Circle Of Fifths Diagram, the key of C has no sharps or flats in its key signature. Understanding what a key is and what it's signature looks like, is a must to being able to read music and understanding the Circle of Fifths. Reading Key Signatures using the Circle of FifthsĪll songs have key signatures. Thus a Major Scale built on A has 3 sharps in its key signature as shown by the Circle of Fifths. The numbers on the Circle Of Fifths chart show how many sharps or flats the key signature for the scale has. The Circle Of Fifths is used in music theory to represent the relationship between Diatonic Scales. In lay terms: The Circle of Fifths is a music theory diagram for finding the key of a song, transposing songs to different keys, composing new songs and understanding key signatures, scales, and modes. The Circle of Fifths shows the relationships among the twelve tones of the Chromatic Scale, their corresponding key signatures and the associated Major and Minor keys. ![]()
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