SWARSHALA — MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE WORKSHEET
Original learning aid, 3 October 2026
Guide: https://swarshala.com/blog/read-major-key-signatures

Scope: standard modern signatures; name the corresponding MAJOR key.
This does not prove a piece is in major. Written pitches; middle C = C4.
Cross-register tasks have no local accidentals or ties.
ASCII: # = sharp; b after a letter = flat.

Date: ______________
Reference order (cover for a later attempt):
Sharps F C G D A E B. Flats B E A D G C F.

SIGNATURE QUESTIONS
1. Two sharps. Altered letters: ___________ Major key: _____________
2. Bb Eb. Altered letters: ________________ Major key: _____________
3. No sharps/flats. Altered letters: _______ Major key: _____________
4. Bb alone. Altered letters: _____________ Major key: _____________
5. Six sharps, ending in E#. Major key including accidental: _______

CROSS-REGISTER TASK
6. Signature F# C#, no local accidentals.
   Rewrite F3 C4 G4 F5 C6 as resulting pitches:
   ________________________________________________________________
7. A learner changes only F5, because the signature's sharp appears
   on treble line 5. Correct the misunderstanding: _________________

SCALE CHECK
8. Write G major ascending; list each altered letter once.
   ________________________________________________________________
9. Write F major ascending; list each altered letter once.
   ________________________________________________________________
10. What other major/minor candidate shares D major's signature?
   ________________________________________________________________

---------------- ANSWER KEY: CHECK AFTER YOUR ATTEMPT ----------------
1. F# C#; D major.
2. Bb Eb; Bb major.
3. None; C major.
4. Bb; F major (the one-flat exception).
5. F# major. E# up one semitone is F#, not F natural.
6. F#3 C#4 G4 F#5 C#6. G remains natural.
7. The signature applies to the altered LETTER in every octave, not
   only the exact register in which its symbol is drawn.
8. G A B C D E F# G; altered letter F#.
9. F G A Bb C D E F; altered letter Bb.
10. B minor. Signature alone does not establish the music's tonic.

PLACEMENT REFERENCE
Treble: first sharp F5 on line 5, second C5 in space 3; first flat B4
on line 3. Bass: first sharp F3 on line 4, second C3 in space 2;
first flat B2 on line 2. Number lines/spaces from the bottom.

Source principles: Steps to Music Theory, Major Scales and Keys;
Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom, Major Key Signatures.
Full links and scope are in the guide.
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