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Key signature worksheet
Three printable key signature worksheets, 10 questions each, and a separate answer page: name the major key, then the relative minor. Free A4 and Letter PDF.
Each level is one page; the answers are on their own page.
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Key signature worksheet — Level 1
Score: / 10
Name Date
Name the major key. The number of sharps or flats is given.
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3 sharps
Major key:
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3 flats
Major key:
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2 flats
Major key:
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2 sharps
Major key:
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no sharps or flats
Major key:
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1 sharp
Major key:
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7.
1 flat
Major key:
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8.
3 sharps
Major key:
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9.
3 flats
Major key:
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10.
2 flats
Major key:
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Key signature worksheet — Level 2
Score: / 10
Name Date
Name the major key from the key signature alone.
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Major key:
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Major key:
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Key signature worksheet — Level 3
Score: / 20
Name Date
Name the major key, then the relative minor.
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Relative minor:
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Relative minor:
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Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Major key:
Relative minor:
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Key signature worksheet — answers
Levels 1 to 3
Level 1
- 1. A major (3♯)
- 2. E♭ major (3♭)
- 3. B♭ major (2♭)
- 4. D major (2♯)
- 5. C major
- 6. G major (1♯)
- 7. F major (1♭)
- 8. A major (3♯)
- 9. E♭ major (3♭)
- 10. B♭ major (2♭)
Level 2
- 1. A major (3♯)
- 2. D major (2♯)
- 3. G major (1♯)
- 4. E♭ major (3♭)
- 5. B♭ major (2♭)
- 6. F major (1♭)
- 7. C major
- 8. A major (3♯)
- 9. D major (2♯)
- 10. G major (1♯)
Level 3 (major · relative minor)
- 1. G major (1♯) · E minor
- 2. E♭ major (3♭) · C minor
- 3. F major (1♭) · D minor
- 4. C major · A minor
- 5. D major (2♯) · B minor
- 6. B♭ major (2♭) · G minor
- 7. A major (3♯) · F♯ minor
- 8. G major (1♯) · E minor
- 9. E♭ major (3♭) · C minor
- 10. F major (1♭) · D minor
Counting the signature: the last sharp is a half step below the major key’s name (G major has F♯); with flats, the second-to-last flat names the key (B♭ E♭ → B♭ major). One flat is F major, no sharps or flats is C major. The relative minor sits a minor third below its major key.
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About these sheets#
The three sheets are real sets from our key signature question bank, kept exactly as they are in the bank: the same ten signatures in the same order, with the same answers. A set has ten questions and the bank uses seven keys (C, G, D, A, F, B♭ and E♭ major), so a key can come up twice in one set.
The bank’s sets are labelled easy, medium and hard, but the signatures in them are drawn the same way. The levels here differ in what you are asked instead: level 1 tells you how many sharps or flats there are, level 2 does not, and level 3 also asks for the relative minor key. The minor keys are worked out from the same signatures and are not part of the bank.
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Sources: Wikipedia: Key signature.