Just start on the F below middle C (sorry it is a bit low to sing unless you are a bass) and play all the consecutive white notes up the piano except when you get to B, play Bb (instead of B). Try to play the scale of F on the piano above. If there is only one flat, it is the key of F major (ie F is the note of the pitch that is played on the pitch pipe or keyboard before you start to sing a song). It sounds like the major scale you have sung many times 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 So if you are singing a C major scale, you start on middle C and play all the white notes up to the C above middle C. So C is played on the pitch pipe at the start of the song (it can be middle C or the C above middle C depending on your director's choice) If there are no flats and sharps then the key is C major (Just like middle C is that important note on the piano, C major is the key with no flats and sharps). If there are three flats they will be Bb, Eb and Ab and so on.īut wait there's more. If there are two flats they will be Bb and Eb So if there is only one flat, it will be a Bb Remember this with: BEADs Give Choruses Fun It was news to me when I started learning music theory that the flats (or sharps) that make up the pretty pattern at the start of each line are not just randomly sprinkled there by the arranger but are always in the same order. eg F# to F Order of Flats in a Key Signature If a sharpened note has a natural sign next to it it goes down in pitch. If a flattened note has a natural sign next to it it goes up in pitch. (She is just making sure that you know it is not Ab or A#.)ĭid you notice that we say "A flat" but the flat sign is actually written before the note not after it? If someone uses the term natural eg "A natural" - it is the same as saying A. Make sure you know the difference and you can write them too - you might want to write one on your music one day.
It not only affects the note it is next to but any other notes after it in the same bar (measure).Ī natural sign looks a bit like a sharp sign. This changes the note from the given key signature. An accidental is a note that has a flat, sharp or natural sign next to it.
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