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Flats Sharps Worksheet

This document explains how to identify the flats or sharps in a key signature using the order of flats and sharps. It provides the order of flats as BEADGCF and the order of sharps as FCGDAEB. It then gives examples of using these orders to identify the specific flats or sharps for a given number in the key signature.

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Flats Sharps Worksheet

This document explains how to identify the flats or sharps in a key signature using the order of flats and sharps. It provides the order of flats as BEADGCF and the order of sharps as FCGDAEB. It then gives examples of using these orders to identify the specific flats or sharps for a given number in the key signature.

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The Order of Flats & Sharps


KNOW THIS:
A key signature lets us know which set of notes to use in any given piece. Knowing the order of flats & sharps allows us
to quickly determine which flats & sharps are in the key signature.

1 The order of flats is BEADGCF. On the line below, write this pattern as many times as you can fit.

2 The order of sharps the order of flats backwards: FCGDAEB. Below, write this pattern as many times as you can fit.

HOW TO USE THE ORDER OF FLATS OR SHARPS


To use the order of flats or sharps, all you have to do is COUNT the number of flats or sharps you see in the key, then (IN ORDER)
say the same number of flats or sharps.

EXAMPLE Two flats means we use


the first TWO letters of
BEADGCF
1234567
Our two flats are
Bb & Eb
the order of flats.

Using the order of flats or the order of sharps, answer the following questions:

3 Name the flats if you count five: 4 Name the sharps if you count two:
5 Name the sharps if you count four: 6 Name the flat if you count only one:

Now, look at the following key signatures and determine the number of flats or sharps, then name them.

7 How many flats? What are the flats?

8 How many flats? What are the flats?

9 How many flats? What are the flats?

10 How many sharps? What are the sharps?

11 How many sharps? What are the sharps?

10 How many sharps? What are the sharps?

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