[nabs-l] Things for music

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi Marissa,

If you're at all serious about music you should memorize this!  
Starting in the key of C the keys go up in fifths, so G, D, A, E, 
B, F sharp, C sharp.  For every key after C you sharp the leading 
tone, so the sharps are F, C, G, D, A, E, B.  When you're doing 
flats you go the other way from C, so F, B flat, E flat, A flat, 
D flat, G flat, C flat.  After the key of C you flat the note a 
fifth below the tonic (the note the scale starts on), so your 
flats are B, E, A, D, G, C, F.  Repeat the lists of flats and 
sharps to yourself till you have them memorized.  That way, when 
you see music in say four flats you know it's the key of A flat 
(or F minor) and that the flats are b, e, a, d.  The list of 
flats is cool because the first four spell "bead".  Also, the 
other thing that can help you remember it is that the sharps are 
the flats spelled backwards and vice versa.  Another way to help 
memorize this is to go around the circle of fiths when you 
practice scales.  Start somewhere and go up or down a few keys 
when you warm up.

Best,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Nabsl <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:46:26 -0700
Subject: [nabs-l] Things for music

Hi,

Does anyone know if NLS has the Circle of Fifths in the shape of
a circle? My band teacher said he has a circle of fifths, and he
also has a transposition sheet, hanging side by side.  Something
like that, anyway.  Does anyone know what NLS has? I want to be
able to easily find the key of a song, and find the amount of
sharps and/or flats in the song.

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