1. Key Signatures Test • Test A day, next Thursday 1/30 • Test B day, next Friday 1/31

2. Why learn Key Signatures? • So we can read and sing music • So we can locate “do” sometimes called the root, tonic or key note.

3. The Key Signature • At the beginning of every piece of music we find a key signature and a time signature. • The key signature is a collection of sharps and flats in specific locations on the staff

4. Learning the key signatures • Remember the notes on the staff? • Write the note names on the staff including the notes above and below _____ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ____ B A G F E D C B A G F E D C

5. For sharps: Go up one note from the last sharp (on the right)

6. For flats:count down four notes from the last flat OR the second to last flat names the key

7. Key of C has no sharps or flats

8. E D

9. G F

10. D C

11. A G

13. 1 2 3 4

14. 1 2 3 4

15. 1 2 3 4

17. Sharp Keys G D A E B F# C#

18. Flat keys E A F B D G C

19. Things to remember • The sharp keys will be plain notes most of the time i.e. A not A# or B not B#. The key of F# and the key of C# are the only exceptions we will deal with. • The flat keys will be something flat other than the key of F. So it will be Eb or Ab. • The key of C has NO sharps or flats in the key signature.