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B-apartment major key signature

The Solution below shows the Bb major key signature on the treble clef and bass clef.

The Lesson steps then explain how to write the key signature using both clefs, including the display guild and line / space staff positions of the notes, and the sharp / flat accidentals.

For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at Key signature.

Major primal signatures
Key	C	C#	Db	D	D#	Eb	E	E#	Fb	F	F#	Gb	M	M#	Ab	A	A#	Bb	B	B#	Cb	All On 1 page

Solution

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1. B-apartment major primal signature

This step shows the Bb major scale cardinal signature on the treble clef and bass clef.

The B-flat major scale has ii flats.

This major scale key is on the Circle of 5ths - Bb major on circle of 5ths, which means that it is a usually used major scale key.

B-flat major scale has 2 flats
No.	1	two	3	iv	5	6	7	8
Annotation	Bb	C	D	Eb	F	Thousand	A	Bb

These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed past the bass clef.

B-flat major key signature

Audio downloads
	Bass Clef:	Midi	MP3		Treble Clef:	Midi	MP3

Lesson steps

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1. Piano central note names

This stride shows the white and blackness annotation names on a piano keyboard and so that the notation names are familiar for later steps, and to prove that the note names start repeating themselves after 12 notes.

The white keys are named using the alphabetic letters A, B, C, D, East, F, and G, which is a pattern that repeats upwardly the piano keyboard.

Every white or blackness key could have a flat(b) or sharp(#) accidental name, depending on how that note is used. In a later pace, if sharp or flat notes are used, the exact accidental names volition be chosen.

Sharp and flat note names

The audio files below play every note shown on the piano above, then middle C (marked with an orangish line at the bottom) is the second note heard.

Sound downloads
	Bass Clef:	Midi	MP3		Treble Clef:	Midi	MP3

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2. B-flat major calibration notes

This pace shows the number of sharps or flats in the scale so that the number of symbols needed for the primal signature can be identified.

The B-apartment major scale has ii flats.

B-apartment major calibration has two flats
No.	one	2	3	4	five	6	7	8
Note	Bb	C	D	Eb	F	K	A	Bb

B-flat major scale

To sympathize why the B-flat major scale has 2 flats, have a look at the Bb major scale folio, which shows how to identify the note positions and names for this calibration.

Since this is a flat-based key signature, the music theory rules for constructing key signatures containing flats are covered in the side by side step.

Sound downloads
	Bass Clef:	Midi	MP3		Treble Clef:	Midi	MP3

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three. Writing a flat-based key signature

This footstep shows the order in which the symbols of a flat key signature must be placed adjacent to the treble and bass clef.

Flat central signature symbol gild

The fundamental signature is prepare of sharps or flats (never mixed) shown after the treble or bass clef on the musical staff.

The primal signature symbols are always shown in the aforementioned order, no thing what the lodge of the actual notes on the staff .

For a flat-based key signature (similar this scale), the lodge is easily remembered using the post-obit phrase, whose first letters point the note name to be flattened:

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So if the calibration contains note Bb, this is always the start apartment primal signature symbol shown next to the treble or bass clef in the note B staff position(middle line).

So the same for Eb in the 2nd position, and so on for all the words in the phrase.

Flat key signature order explanation

The Battle Eastnds.. order for primal signature symbol placement is non adventitious, and follows a variation of the Circumvolve of fifths music theory blueprint called the Circumvolve of fourths.

Taking the 1st letter of the alphabet of the 1st word in the phrase - B, the 4th notation of the major scale with its proper name equally the tonic - B major scale is note East (the 2nd word of the phrase).

Now take the 4th note of the major scale whose tonic is Due east - the East major scale - this is note A (the third word of the phrase).

At present take the 4th note of the major scale whose tonic is A - the A major scale - this is note D (the 4th discussion of the phrase), and so on.

Flat key signature relationships

The other interesting thing about this phrase / pattern is that given whatsoever flat symbol in the key signature, the symbols before that symbol will always be.

For instance, if a primal signature has note Fb (terminal phrase word / symbol), and then it will ever have the other 6 symbols before it.

Another example - if a cardinal signature has a Db (4th word / symbol), and so it will e'er have the showtime 3 symbols before it.

Put another manner, if you see a fundamental signature with 1 flat symbol, that apartment will e'er be Bb (the first phrase give-and-take).

Or if a key signature has 2 flats, those flats will always be Bb and Eb.

To learn more about these patterns, have a wait at Acquire the circle of fifths.

The above rules apply to flat-based central signatures - sharp based central signatures have a similar prepare of rules, with the above phrase reversed. Have a look at the C# major key signature.

Flat Order-Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father

The staff to a higher place is to demonstrate all possible flat symbol positions in a key signature. In the next step, only those flat positions in this detail scale will exist used.

Difference between treble and bass clef key signature

For both the treble and bass clef, all key signature rules on this page are identical.

The just difference between them is that the bass clef symbols are shifted downwardly to the next line or space (and of course the note pitches are lower on the bass clef).

This is to reverberate the fact that all note positions on the bass clef are one line or space lower than the treble clef.

For example, on the treble clef, note Eastward (second note shown) occupies the 1st space from the top, whereas on the bass clef, the same note is the second infinite from the top.

As, on the treble clef, note D (4th annotation shown) occupies the second line from the top, whereas on the bass clef, the same annotation is the third line from the top.

The bass clef symbols are dropped to the next position for precipitous-based key signatures in exactly the same way. Accept a look at C# major key signature for details.

A Central signature symbol covers the note on many octaves

The above staff diagrams show only one possible staff position for each note alphabetic character A to G, on each clef.

The specific note positions used to identify each annotation A..G above are just a convention used to grouping the key signature symbols neatly effectually the centre of the staff, but whatsoever symbol actually applies to that note in all octaves on a given clef.

This means that for the kickoff sumbol, Bb, although the note and symbol are on the middle line of the treble clef, the symbol really means 'Flatten any B-Apartment note supplied on any octave in this clef, not simply the B-Apartment pitch on this line'.

In reality, any notation could occur in multiple octaves ie. appear more than once on the treble or bass clef, with a higher or lower pitch.

For example, in the terminal step below, you will see that the scale tonic / starting note appears twice on the both treble and bass clef.

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4. B-flat major key signature has 2 flats

This stride shows the fundamental signature next to the treble clef and bass clef containing the correct number of sharps and flats for this scale.

The key signature for this scale is shown beneath, with the key signature symbols in the right order as per the phrase in the above step, and the note names in the aforementioned order as shown in Pace 2.

B-flat major scale has two flats
No.	1	2	three	4	five	6	7	eight
Notation	Bb	C	D	Eb	F	Grand	A	Bb

B-flat major key signature

Major key signatures
Key	C	C#	Db	D	D#	Eb	Eastward	E#	Fb	F	F#	Gb	G	G#	Ab	A	A#	Bb	B	B#	Cb	All On ane page

Music theory links in the key of B-flat
Related links	B-flat major key signature, Bb, Bb major calibration, Bb relative minor
Minor scales	Bb natural minor scale, Bb harmonic pocket-size scale, Bb melodic minor scale
Other scales	Bb chromatic scale, Bb major pentatonic scale, Bb minor pentatonic scale, Bb blues scale
Intervals	Bb-1st, Bb-2d, Bb-tertiary, Bb-4th, Bb-fifth, Bb-6th, Bb-7th, Bb-8th
Circle of 5ths	Learn the circle of fifths, Bb major on circle of 5ths
Modes	Bb ionian, Bb dorian, Bb phrygian, Bb lydian, Bb mixolydian, Bb aeolian, Bb locrian
Triad chords	Bb macerated, Bb minor, Bb major, Bb augmented, Bb suspended 2nd, Bb suspended 4th
6th chords	Bb pocket-sized 6th, Bb major sixth
seventh chords	Bb dim vii, Bb half-dim7, Bb min seven, Bb min-maj 7, Bb dom seven, Bb maj 7, Bb aug 7, Bb aug-maj 7, Bb maj 7 sus2, Bb dom seven sus4, Bb maj seven sus4
Scale triad chords	Bb major triad chords, Bb minor triad chords, Bb harmonic minor chords, Bb melodic modest chords
Calibration 7th chords	Bb major 7th chords, Bb small-scale 7th chords, Bb harmonic minor seventh chords, Bb melodic small seventh chords
Triad modes	Bb ionian, Bb dorian, Bb phrygian, Bb lydian, Bb mixolydian, Bb aeolian, Bb locrian
seventh modes	Bb ionian, Bb dorian, Bb phrygian, Bb lydian, Bb mixolydian, Bb aeolian, Bb locrian
Cadences	Bb major perfect accurate, Bb major imperfect authentic, Bb major plagal, Bb major half, Bb major deceptive