Music, Order of Flats Added to Key Signatures Practice
Practice naming flats in the correct order
Music, Order of Flats Added to Key Signatures Practice
Practice naming flats in the correct order
Music - Grade 6-8
- 1
Write the complete order of flats added to key signatures.
The first four flats spell the word BEAD.
The complete order of flats is B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, and F-flat. - 2
A key signature has 3 flats. Name the flats in order.
A key signature with 3 flats has B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat in that order. - 3
A key signature has 5 flats. Name the flats in order.
Start at B-flat and move through the flat order one note at a time.
A key signature with 5 flats has B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, and G-flat in that order. - 4
Fill in the missing flats in the order: B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, ___, G-flat, ___, F-flat.
The missing flats are D-flat and C-flat, so the full order is B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, and F-flat. - 5
A student writes the order of flats as B-flat, A-flat, E-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, F-flat. Identify the first mistake and correct it.
Compare the student's list to the correct order from the beginning.
The first mistake is placing A-flat second. E-flat should come second, so the order begins B-flat, E-flat, A-flat. - 6
Look at a key signature with 2 flats. Which flats should be shown, and what is their order?
The key signature should show B-flat first and E-flat second. - 7
Which flat is added fourth in flat key signatures?
Count the flats in order: B-flat is first, E-flat is second, and A-flat is third.
D-flat is added fourth in flat key signatures. - 8
Which flat is added seventh in flat key signatures?
F-flat is added seventh in flat key signatures. - 9
A key signature shows B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, and D-flat. How many flats does it have, and which flat would be added next?
Find D-flat in the flat order, then name the next flat after it.
It has 4 flats, and the next flat added would be G-flat. - 10
Write a memory sentence or phrase that can help you remember the order B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, F-flat.
One possible memory sentence is: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father. Any sentence is correct if the first letters are B, E, A, D, G, C, and F in order. - 11
A key signature has 6 flats. Name all 6 flats and underline the newest flat added.
The newest flat is the last flat in the list for that key signature.
The 6 flats are B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, and C-flat. The newest flat added is C-flat. - 12
Circle the correct order of flats: A) B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, F-flat or B) B-flat, E-flat, D-flat, A-flat, G-flat, C-flat, F-flat. Explain your choice.
Choice A is correct because the order of flats is B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat, G-flat, C-flat, and F-flat. In choice B, D-flat and A-flat are switched.