Remember - ABRSM Grade 5

Key Signature Table: Use this chart to tell you how many sharps or flats are in any given key an to work out what the key signature is from any number of sharps or flats!

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For example, in the Major b's key, Eb has 3 flats in it

Major #’s

Minor #’s

0 – C arol arol 1 – Grows 2 – Daisies 3 – And 4 – E nters nters 5 – Blooms 6 – F #or 7 – C #ompetition

0 – Animals 1 – E nter nter 2 – Boats 3 – F# or or 4 – C# ruise ruise 5 – G# oing oing 6 – D# own own 7 – A# mazon mazon

Major b’s

Minor b’s

0 – C hef  hef  1 – F red red 2 – Bbuys 3 – Ebggs 4 – Abnd 5 – Dboes 6 – Gbood 7 – Cbooking

0 – All 1 – Dogs 2 – Give 3 – C ats ats 4 – F rights rights 5 – Bbut 6 – Eblephants 7 – Abhe © A.M Sparrow 2012

"rer of Key Signatures: This chart below will help you remember the orer of  sharps * flats in all the clefs neee for %rae + theory!

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The Roman Numerals along the bottom indicate the chord number and the ' a', ' b' and ' c' indicate the inversion - with ' a' being the Root, ' b' the 1st  inversion and ' c' 2nd  inversion.

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