Order of Sharps and Flats

Flats: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb
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Sharps: F# C# G# D# A# E# B#
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http://www.studybass.com/lessons/harmony/the-order-of-sharps-and-flats/

Circle of 5ths Explained

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths
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1. For our purposes the circle of 5ths relates the Major Scales together.

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2. There are 12 Major scales. So far we have learned C, G, D, F, and Bb in class.

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3. When you start at C at the TOP, you count every 5 letters to get to the next SCALE.

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Example: C to G would be C, D, E, F, G and G to D would be G, A, B, C, D

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4. When starting at C at the TOP, going LEFT, you count every 4 letters to get to the next scale.

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Example: C to F would be C, D, E, F and F to Bb would be F, G, A, Bb

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5. You should be able to fill in the chart using this method. Remember flats (b) begin on the left.

And sharps (#) begin on the right.

Music Alphabet Letters

Music Alphabet

All music is made up of notes. A note is basically a pitch produced by some musical instrument.

Every note in music corresponds to a letter. The music alphabet is made up of only seven

letters: A-G.

This is because when playing the notes in order, the note that would be "H", sounds like another

"A", so we just start the set over.

Example: A B C D E F G A or: C D E F G A B C