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How To Tell What Key You Are In When
You
Have Sharps (#) In The Key Signature!
If you're going to
be able to know what chord progressions are likely in each
key, you obviously need to know how to find the key of a
song quickly -- correct?
Here's how to instantly
find what key you are in when there are sharps in
the key signature of a song:
You know that the flats in
any key signature always occur in the same order - B E A
D G C F.
Sharps also occur in the same order -- except that order
is BACKWARDS from the order of the flats. Instead of B E
A D G C F, the order of the sharps is:
They always occur in that order
in a key signature. You can memorize them by saying the
flats backward, or make up a silly saying of some kind such
as Fat Cats
Go Down Alleys Eating Bologna.
All you do to find the key
is:
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Go
up 1/2 step from the last sharp = that IS the key
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And
you already know that if you have no flats or sharps
in the key signature, you are in the key of C major (or
A minor -- but we'll take that option up later).
Get
this down cold -- so you immediately know what key
you're in when you have sharps in the key signature of a
song. Why? Because once you know what key you are
in, you also know which 3 chords are the most likely
-- right?
Now that you know how to find
the key of a song, it's time to get into chord progressions
proper. Tune in same time, same station, next week, when
we'll take up our first chord progressions named "Oh Duh!"
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