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Sharp keys9/27/2023 ![]() ![]() I want to share with you today the shortcut to identifying keys with sharps in the key signature. That’s where mastering key signatures will help you. But like traditional written music, they’re published in all keys. When you have some proficiency and skill level with lead sheets, you can play a lot of notes without reading a lot of notes. In case you’re not familiar with those, they’re actually a skeleton of any song or piece of music with just a simple melody line and chord symbols. I’m not enthusiastic about sight reading in the traditional sense, but I also use and teach piano playing with lead sheets. It’s not difficult and it’s actually something that should precede learning the shortcut to identifying sharps in key signatures. Make sure that you also know the order of sharps and the order of flats in key signatures. This is pretty confusing and even though I understand what notes they’re referring to when they do this, I also know that it can make an aspiring musicians life more difficult because of that confusion. As I mentioned in the shortcuts for the flats in key signatures post, there’s a lot of musicians who refer to flats and sharps together within the same piece of music. Sharps and flats are never mixed together in the same key signature. Many traditional teachers continue to teach the same old way. But it’s difficult to break away from tradition. I know that there are a few creative traditional teachers out there that break from the norm and embrace new ways of teaching. Most piano students are taught to remember the keys of key signatures by rote. For example, if you have two sharps in the key signature, they’re always F sharp and and c sharp in that order. They appear in the same order every time. Sharps and flats in key signatures aren’t random. We’re talking about identifying keys with sharps in the key signature. I don’t want to be redundant but I do want to recap some of the things that I said in that last post because they are relevant and important. Now we’re going to cover the Shortcut to Identifying Keys with Sharps in the Key Signature. The Shortcut to Identifying Keys with Sharps in the Key Signature: In a previous post we covered the shortcut on how to identify keys with flats in the key signature. ![]()
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