![]() Normally this would be really difficult, but now we have our handy trick. Reading Sharps: Example #2ĥ sharps! Gross. The key of A has three sharps – F, C and G. Then jump ahead one spot – to A – and that letter is your key signature! Well let’s take a look at our handy order of sharps: So we’ve got a key signature above with three sharps. Okay, so let’s figure out this trick! How to read Key Signatures: A Trick for Sharps F to C is a 5 th, C to G is a 5 th, and so on. “Father Charles Goes Down and Ends Battle”.Īnother way to remember them is that each letter is a 5 th from the other. Here’s the order of sharps, from first to last:Ĭatchy, eh? I once heard one of those mnemonic devices to remember the order. You’ll never have a piece with just a G# – if it’s got a G#, it’s also gotta have the sharps that come before – F# and C#. I just want you to understand the building blocks.īasically, whenever you see sharps (or flats) at the beginning of your piece in the key signature, they always follow the exact same order. Please bear with this short-ish explanation, because the actual application of this is very fast. We’ll summarize the content here, because it’s going to help us make sense of this trick on how to read key signatures. How to read Key Signatures: Order of Sharpsĭo you remember last year, we did the video on “ The Order of Sharps”? It’s okay if you don’t. I definitely didn’t come up with this on my own – he showed it to me, and I have since showed it to many of my students. If you’re just a casual musician who has to look up a key signature every time you learn a piece, you’ll appreciate this too.Ī shout-out to my music theory teacher, Doug. If you’re into music theory, you will appreciate this. ![]() I don’t usually throw around big phrases like “in the world”, but when I do, it’s because there’s some serious mind-blowing power involved. I am going to show you a music reading trick that blew my mind when I first learned it. Today we’re going to talk theory – specifically, how to key signatures.
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