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 There
are many tips for figuring out what key
a song is in. In 28 years, I've never seen
a professional musician in any format use
any of these so called tips. The only people
I've seen use these tips are the Intro-to-music
teachers. As far as I know, the only way
to learn the different Key Signatures is
to memorize them. The more songs you play,
the faster you will learn the different
Key Signatures. It is less important to
know what key you are in and more important
to know which notes will be flatted or sharped.
However, when we get into chord progressions,
it will be easier on you if you take the
time to memorize this stuff ahead of time.
Here
is what you would need to memorize:
- In
the Key
of C,
there are 0
sharps
and 0
flats.
- ---------------
- In
the Key
of G,
there is 1
sharp.
- In
the Key
of F,
there is 1
flat.
- ---------------
- In
the Key
of D,
there are 2
sharps.
- In
the Key
of B flat,
there are 2
flats.
- ---------------
- In
the Key
of A,
there are 3
sharps.
- In
the Key
of E flat,
there are 3
flats.
- ---------------
- In
the Key
of E,
there are 4
sharps.
- In
the Key
of A flat,
there are 4
flats.
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- In
the Key
of B,
there are 5
sharps.
- In
the Key
of D flat,
there are 5
flats.
- ---------------
If
you memorize these Keys and which notes
are sharped or flatted, you will be covering
90% of the songs ever written. There
are songs written in the key of F sharp
which has 6 sharps, C sharp which has 7
sharps, and G flat which has 6 flats, but
they are rarely used outside the world of
classical music.
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