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Key Signature Exercise: All Clefs
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Key Signatures I

On a keyboard, DO RE MI FA SOL starting on the highlighted note uses all white keys. Playing five white notes in a row starting one note higher does not sounds the same. In order to make it sound like DO RE MI FA SOL, the note MI has to be modified, making it the black note just to the right.



Put another way....

when you play “DO RE MI FA SOL” on the piano

positioned on C
is all white notes
positioned on D
one black note for MI
positioned on Eb
has three black notes


To play the same melody higher or lower
Play in a different key


For a melody to sound the same when played higher or lower, it has to use a different set of notes. To know what notes to use, a key signature is placed at the beginning of the staff. On a keyboard, the key signature indicates how to modify the white notes.


Scale Degree Identification Practice


You should practice identifying the solfege of notes, well before you learn about accidentals, key signatures, and scales.

In the exercise (swipe left), the first note is always shown for you, and you are asked to figure out the solfege of the other notes from there.

Try to develop speed while retaining accuracy. Skills you develop now will lay the foundation for more proficient sight reading later. Check out the example below.


Singing The Notes


After you enter the solfege correctly, you will be prompted to sing each note. If singing is difficult for you, turn sound= to ‘on.’ Then, while you are identifying the solfege for each note, you can sing it along the provided sound. This gives you practice in the first part before being evaluated in the second part. Of course, playing and singing the prompts is also super helpful and important.

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