Category: Keys

After completing this lesson, you should be able to answer these questions/do these things: Answer These Explain the difference between a key and a scale. Explain what a key signature is. Do This Write the notes for each of the...

You’ve already written out all the notes in four keys in this lesson (C, D, A, and E♭). In this challenge, you’ll write out the notes in all 12 keys. You learned in a previous chapter that when a key starts with an...

Constructing E♭ Since the key of E♭ major uses the notes in the E♭ major scale, you need to construct the E♭ major scale. Have your guitar with you as you do this. The goal is to identify any sharps or flats. Write “E♭...

Constructing A Major Since the key of A major uses the notes in the A major scale, you need to construct the A major scale. Have your guitar with you as you do this. The goal is to identify any sharps or flats. Write “A...

Building a Key Signature Since the key of C major uses the notes in the C major scale, you need to construct the C major scale. If you do that and identify the sharps and flats (if there are any), you’ll have figured out...

Fingerprints A key signature is like a fingerprint for a key. It identifies a key as being different from all other keys. Key signatures are expressed as a collection of sharps and flats. For example, the key signature for the...

Objectives: In this chapter, you’ll learn what keys are and write out the notes in all 12 keys. Keys A key (in music) is a group of notes that a song or musical idea is based on. This is usually referred to as the tonal...