![]() The letters in BEADGCF stand for all the sharp/flat notes (black keys). This will help you both find out what key you are in and (if you’re writing music by hand) help you know what order the b’s or #’s should be written on the staff. ![]() Sorry, these don’t work for your house or car keys but they will help you find and name musical keys.įirst, the BEADGCF method. To find the relative major of a minor key you do the same but in reverse – you go a minor 3rd up from the root note and use the same key. ![]() To find the relative minor of any major scale you simply go a minor 3rd down (3 half-steps/semi-tones) from the root note and use the same key as before. In this case d-minor is the relative minor of F-major and F-major is the relative major of d-minor. Notice that both scales start on the note their named after but both also use the same notes as the other. Here’s what that looks like on a piano using F-major/d-minor: This means that they use the same key but start on a different note. Let’s start by updating our list of keys to reflect both major and minor keys:Īlright, now each key is labeled with both the major and minor keys each represents. Looking at this you might be thinking, “hey those are just the major keys relabeled.” If that’s what you’re thinking you’re already on your way to understanding what’s known as relative major and minor. The most common minor keys in composition are A, E, B, F#, D, G, and C though it is perfectly possible to see any of these. Let’s jump right in and see what minor keys look like: Don’t fear, along with introducing minor keys we’ll be discussing how major and minor keys are related. “Oh, great! 12 more keys to learn!” you might say. As last weeks post was about minor scales, it follows that this week I’ll be discussing minor key signatures. A couple weeks ago I made a post on major keys and key signatures.
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