Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Exercise 7—Class Exercise

Identify the key (the tonic) of the following key signatures. Use any of the following methods to determine the key:

• Use the Circle of Fifths: move clockwise to the right from C major for scales with sharps, move coun-
  terclockwise to the left from C major for scales with flats.


• Use the key signature: for a sharped key, go up a half step from the last sharp in the key signature to name
  the key. For a flatted key, name the second-to-the-last flat.


• Or have you already memorized the key signatures for all 15 major keys?

Theory Trainer

Exercise 7aSharps, flats, and key signatures.

Exercise 8—Class Exercise

Draw the following key signatures in both clefs.

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1. F major

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5. G major

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8. C majorb

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