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Music: Order of Flats Added to Key Signatures Practice

Practice naming flats in the correct order

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Music: Order of Flats Added to Key Signatures Practice

Practice naming flats in the correct order

Music - Grade 6-8

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Use the order of flats to answer each question. Show your thinking in the space provided.
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8

    Which flat is added seventh in flat key signatures?

    F-flat is added seventh in flat key signatures.
  9. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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