Key Signatures - Circle of Fourths and Fifths - A4

A handy dandy A4 sized reference chart of all 15 Major and Relative Minor Key Signatures.

There is a lot of information in traditional Key Signatures. Unlocking the principles in this circle leads to a better understanding of music work.

A key signature is a series of sharp or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating the notes that are to be consistently played higher or lower than the equivalent natural notes. Key signatures, generally written immediately after the clef at the beginning of a line of musical notation. Each major and minor key has an associated key signature that sharpens or flattens the notes which are used in its scale.