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Treble Clef Key Signature Music Flash Cards for Major and Minor Keys. Print double sided and cut along the major lines. If impossible, print the first page and fold to conceal the answers.
For example, a piece in E minor will have one sharp in its key signature because the E natural minor scale has one sharp (F ♯). Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are relative to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat.
The scale degree chords of A minor are: Tonic – A minor; Supertonic – B diminished; Mediant – C major; Subdominant – D minor; Dominant – E minor; Submediant – F major; Subtonic – G major
Each major key has a relative minor key that shares the same key signature. The relative minor is always a minor third lower than its relative major. The key signatures with seven flats and seven sharps are usually notated in their enharmonic equivalents. C ♯ major (seven sharps) is usually written as D ♭ major (five flats) and C ♭ major ...
The key signature defines the pitch of "1". So 1=C means "C major". Minor keys are based on the natural minor or the Aeolian mode, and the key signature defines the pitch of "6" of the minor key's relative major. 6=A can be used to refer to A minor, the tonic of which is written as 6.
A key signature with no sharps or flats generally indicates A minor or C major, using all natural notes with no sharps or flats. The natural sign is derived from a square b used to denote B ♮ in medieval music (in contrast with the round b denoting B ♭ , which became the flat symbol).
These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor. Similarly, in minor keys, chords from the parallel major may also be "borrowed". For example, in E minor, the diatonic chord built on the fourth scale degree is IVm, or A minor. However, in practice, many songs in E minor will use IV (A major), which is borrowed from the key of E major.