Lesson test: Keys and key signatures

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Keys and key signatures

1.[2p]
Put the sharps in the order they appear in a key signature.

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a, b, c, d, e

2.[2p]
Which major key has four sharps? Answer with the tonic only, in the form Bb.

CorrectNot quite: E

3.[3p]
Match each key signature to the major key it indicates.

Two sharps
Five sharps
One flat
Three flats
Four flats

Eb major
F major
B major
Ab major
D major

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Two sharps: D major Five sharps: B major One flat: F major Three flats: Eb major Four flats: Ab major

4.[1p]
How many flats are in the key signature of D flat major?

CorrectNot quite: 5

5.[2p]
How do you find the tonic of a sharp key from its signature?

The last sharp is the leading note, so the tonic is a semitone above it

Correct

The last sharp is the tonic

The answer is: The last sharp is the leading note, so the tonic is a semitone above it

The first sharp is the tonic

The answer is: The last sharp is the leading note, so the tonic is a semitone above it

Count the sharps and go that many steps up from C

The answer is: The last sharp is the leading note, so the tonic is a semitone above it

6.[2p]
Name the relative minor of E flat major. Answer with the tonic only, in the form F#.

CorrectNot quite: C

7.[2p]
A major key and its parallel minor have signatures that differ by three accidentals.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

8.[3p]
Why does the circle of fifths close after twelve steps?

Equal temperament shaves each fifth by about two cents, which absorbs the Pythagorean comma

Correct

Twelve pure fifths equal seven octaves exactly

The answer is: Equal temperament shaves each fifth by about two cents, which absorbs the Pythagorean comma

Because there are twelve letters available for note names

The answer is: Equal temperament shaves each fifth by about two cents, which absorbs the Pythagorean comma

Because seven sharps and five flats add to twelve

The answer is: Equal temperament shaves each fifth by about two cents, which absorbs the Pythagorean comma

9.[2p]
A piece has no sharps or flats in its signature but keeps printing G sharp. What is the most likely key?

A minor

Correct

C major

The answer is: A minor

G major

The answer is: A minor

E minor

The answer is: A minor

1.[2p] Put the sharps in the order they appear in a key signature.

2.[2p] Which major key has four sharps? Answer with the tonic only, in the form Bb.

3.[3p] Match each key signature to the major key it indicates.

4.[1p] How many flats are in the key signature of D flat major?

5.[2p] How do you find the tonic of a sharp key from its signature?

6.[2p] Name the relative minor of E flat major. Answer with the tonic only, in the form F#.

7.[2p] A major key and its parallel minor have signatures that differ by three accidentals.

8.[3p] Why does the circle of fifths close after twelve steps?

9.[2p] A piece has no sharps or flats in its signature but keeps printing G sharp. What is the most likely key?

1.[2p]
Put the sharps in the order they appear in a key signature.

2.[2p]
Which major key has four sharps? Answer with the tonic only, in the form Bb.

3.[3p]
Match each key signature to the major key it indicates.

4.[1p]
How many flats are in the key signature of D flat major?

5.[2p]
How do you find the tonic of a sharp key from its signature?

6.[2p]
Name the relative minor of E flat major. Answer with the tonic only, in the form F#.

7.[2p]
A major key and its parallel minor have signatures that differ by three accidentals.

8.[3p]
Why does the circle of fifths close after twelve steps?

9.[2p]
A piece has no sharps or flats in its signature but keeps printing G sharp. What is the most likely key?