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.