{"id":3355,"date":"2011-03-10T13:28:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T20:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:32:21","slug":"key-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/key-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\/><strong><em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"3\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Access free<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/resources\/musictools\/virtualkeyboard\/\">Virtual Piano<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"80\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/#listoffreepianolessons\">List of 50 Free Piano Lessons<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/resources\/musictools\/notetrainer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Free Interactive Note Trainer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/font><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"400\">\n  <a title=\"Key Signatures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/beginner\/musictheory\/?id=12\" target=\"_blank\">Key signature<\/a> has the sharp (<sup>#<\/sup>), or flat (<sup>b<\/sup>) signs placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate what key the music is played.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n  The <strong>12 Keys in music<\/strong> are &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n    <strong><font color=\"burgundy\">C, D<sup>b<\/sup>, D, E<sup>b<\/sup>, E, F, F<sup>#<\/sup>, G, A<sup>b<\/sup>, A, B<sup>b<\/sup>, B<\/font><\/strong><\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/font>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"400\">\n  Formula of major scale is &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n    <strong>Root + WS + WS + HS + WS + WS + WS + HS<\/strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\n    [<strong>WS<\/strong> &#8211; Whole Step, <strong>HS<\/strong> &#8211; Half Step]<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n      <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IofTyuxjVM0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n      &nbsp;<!--more--><br \/>\n      &nbsp;<br \/>\n      <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KsfGB7jojbI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n      Access free Virtual Piano to practice these scales now:<br \/>\n      &nbsp;<br \/>\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/resources\/musictools\/virtualkeyboard\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/music-tools-virtual-piano.jpg\" alt=\"Music Tools - Virtual Piano\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3964\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/font>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--\n    \n\n<td align=\"center\"><object width=\"430\" height=\"330\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"\/swf\/zk_keyboard_v1.swf\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/swf\/zk_keyboard_v1.swf\" \/><\/object>\n--><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"350\">\n  In the key of C, the <a title=\"Major Scale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/beginner\/musictheory\/?id=13\" target=\"_blank\">major scale<\/a> is &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n    <strong>C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C<\/strong><\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"400\">\n  So, there is no sharps or flat in the key of C<br \/>\n  [If you look in the diagram below, there are <strong>zero<\/strong> sharps or flats on the staff]<br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  In the key of D, the major scale is &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n    <strong>D, E, F<sup>#<\/sup>, G, A, B, C<sup>#<\/sup>, D<\/strong><\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"400\">\n  So, there is 2 sharps and zero flat in the key of C&nbsp;<br \/>\n  [If you look in the diagram below, there are <strong>2 sharps<\/strong> (<strong>F#<\/strong> and <strong>C#<\/strong>) with no flats on the staff]<br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/key-signatures.jpg\"  alt=\"key-signatures\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" \/><br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  You can also use the <strong>Circle of Fifths<\/strong> below to quickly find out how many sharps (#) or flats (b) in a certain key:<br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  &nbsp;<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/beginner\/musictheory\/?id=16\/#lesson16\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/circle-of-fifths-pic.jpg\" alt=\"circle-of-fifths-pic\" width=\"410\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-7657664941265518\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"5530851608\";\n    google_ad_width = 300;\n    google_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Z-BlogFiveFingerExercise300x250 --><br \/>\n<script 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