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Key Signature Table: Use this chart to tell you how many sharps or flats are in any given key and 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 – Carol 1 – Grows 2 – Daisies 3 – And 4 – Enters 5 – Blooms 6 – F#or 7 – C#ompetition

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

Major b’s

Minor b’s

0 – Chef 1 – Fred 2 – Bbuys 3 – Ebggs 4 – Abnd 5 – Dboes 6 – Gbood 7 – Cbooking

0 – All 1 – Dogs 2 – Give 3 – Cats 4 – Frights 5 – Bbut 6 – Eblephants 7 – Abche © A.M Sparrow 2012

Order of Key Signatures: This chart below will help you remember the order of sharps & flats in all the clefs needed for Grade 5 theory.

#’s

b’s

Fred Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Fred

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bbb bbb b

# ## # # ##

bbb b bb b

# ## # # ## # #### ##

Alto

bbb bbb b

Tenor

bbb bbb b

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Chord Chart: You can use the chord chart below to help you with the Following :

1) Composing a Melody 2) Chords at Cadential Points 3) Naming Chords

The chord chart below can be used to easily indicate which notes are in any chord of your chosen key and inversion. The example is in C Major. c) G A B b) E F G a) C D E I II III

C A F IV

D E B C G A V VI

F D B VII

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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Degrees of the scale: Use the chart below to help remind you of the names of each degree of the scale:

1St - Tonic 2nd - Super Tonic 3rd - Mediant 4th - Sub-Dominant 5th - Dominant 6th - Sub-Mediant 7th - Leading Note 8th - Upper Tonic

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Use the accidentals 'Flow Chart' for intervals

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