C major (no sharps or flats)Sharp Keys:G Major/E minor (1 sharp)D Major/B minor (2 sharps)A Major/F-sharp minor (3 sharps)E Major/C-sharp minor (4 sharps)B Major/G-sharp minor (5 sharps)F-sharp Major/D-sharp minor (6 sharps)C-sharp Major/A-sharp minor (7 sharps)Flat Keys:F Major/D minor (1 flat)B-flat Major/G minor (2 flats)E-flat Major/C minor (3 flats)A-flat Major/F minor (4 flats)D-flat Major/B-flat minor (5 flats)G-flat Major/E-flat minor (6 flats)C-flat Major/A-flat minor (7 flats)These are all the possible keys you can write in, enharmonic keys are italicised.
The three sharps in A major are F, C, and G.
A major and F# minor each have 3 sharps.
A key signature is the placement of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music which determines what the key of a song is and unlike the time signature it is repeated every line; here is a list of all the possible keys you can write in:C Major/a minor (no sharps and no flats)Sharp Keys:G Major/e minor (1 sharp)D Major/b minor (2 sharps)A Major/f♯minor (3 sharps)E Major/c♯minor (4 sharps)B Major/g♯ minor (5 sharps)F♯ Major/d♯ minor (6 sharps)C♯ Major/a♯ minor (7 sharps)Flat Keys:F Major/d minor (1 flat)Bb Major/g minor (2 flats)Eb Major/c minor (3 flats)Ab Major/f minor (4 flats)Db Major/bb minor (5 flats)Gb Major/eb minor (6 flats)Cb Major/ab minor (7 flats)
E sharp has 3 sharps and 4 double sharps, the sharps are E sharp, A sharp, and B sharp.
A major has 3 sharps, A minor has no sharps or flats.
There are a total of fifteen keys in Western music. Keys come with two forms, sharp keys and flat keys and one comes with all naturals. The complete list of major keys are shown below: C major (or A minor) - no sharps/flats G major (E minor) - 1 sharp D major (B minor) - 2 sharps A major (F-sharp minor) - 3 sharps E major (C-sharp minor) - 4 sharps B major (G-sharp minor) - 5 sharps F-sharp major (D-sharp minor) - 6 sharps C-sharp major (A-sharp minor) - 7 sharps F major (D minor) - 1 flat B-flat major (G minor) - 2 flats E-flat major (C minor) - 3 flats A-flat major (F minor) - 4 flats D-flat major (B-flat minor) - 5 flats G-flat major (E-flat minor) - 6 flats C-flat major (A-flat minor) -7 flats There you go, those are all the different keys you can write in!
C major (no sharps or flats)Sharp Keys:G Major/E minor (1 sharp)D Major/B minor (2 sharps)A Major/F-sharp minor (3 sharps)E Major/C-sharp minor (4 sharps)B Major/G-sharp minor (5 sharps)F-sharp Major/D-sharp minor (6 sharps)C-sharp Major/A-sharp minor (7 sharps)Flat Keys:F Major/D minor (1 flat)B-flat Major/G minor (2 flats)E-flat Major/C minor (3 flats)A-flat Major/F minor (4 flats)D-flat Major/B-flat minor (5 flats)G-flat Major/E-flat minor (6 flats)C-flat Major/A-flat minor (7 flats)These are all the possible keys you can write in, enharmonic keys are italicised.
Yes, the sharp keys lie more naturally than the flat keys on a violin. This is because the tuning of the four strings corresponds to the tonic notes of the sharp major keys G (1 sharp), D (2 sharps), A (3 sharps), and E (4 sharps). The minor keys are mixed, as follows: G (2 flats), D (1 flat), A (no sharps/flats), and E (1 sharp). Overall, therefore, the open strings are more comfortable in sharp keys than in flat keys.
The three sharps in A major are F, C, and G.
A major and F# minor each have 3 sharps.
In major 'sharp' keys, you find the key by counting up one line or space from the last sharp, e.g is the last sharp is D-sharp, the key is E major.For minor keys it is a little bit different, if you have 3 or more sharps you count the THIRD TO LAST sharp in the key (e.g if you have 5 sharps, and F-sharp is the third-to-last sharp, the key is going to be G-sharp minor. For minor keys with less than three sharps, you subtract three sharps from the major key. B major has 5 sharps, whilst B minor has only two, so five minus three equals two.I hope this answers your question.
It is a way of memorizing key signatures. If you start with C, there are no sharps or flats in the key signature. Go up a 5th to G, and you add 1 sharp. Go up a 5th to D and you have 2 sharps. Go up a 5th to A and you have 3 sharps, and so on. (This example is for major keys).
A key signature is the placement of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music which determines what the key of a song is and unlike the time signature it is repeated every line; here is a list of all the possible keys you can write in:C Major/a minor (no sharps and no flats)Sharp Keys:G Major/e minor (1 sharp)D Major/b minor (2 sharps)A Major/f♯minor (3 sharps)E Major/c♯minor (4 sharps)B Major/g♯ minor (5 sharps)F♯ Major/d♯ minor (6 sharps)C♯ Major/a♯ minor (7 sharps)Flat Keys:F Major/d minor (1 flat)Bb Major/g minor (2 flats)Eb Major/c minor (3 flats)Ab Major/f minor (4 flats)Db Major/bb minor (5 flats)Gb Major/eb minor (6 flats)Cb Major/ab minor (7 flats)
3, f#, c#, g#
There are five key signatures with G sharp, they are: A major/F♯ minor (3 sharps) E major/ C♯ minor (4 sharps) B major/G♯ minor (5 sharps) F♯ major/D♯ minor (6 sharps) C♯ major/A♯ minor (7 sharps)
No. A Major has a C# though. The key signature for A major is 3 sharps, F#, C# and G#.