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Enharmonic Notes Worksheet (Printable, with Answers)
Free printable enharmonic notes worksheet: rename sharps and flats, then E sharp, C flat and double accidentals, with octave numbers. Answer key included.
Enharmonic Notes Worksheet (Printable, with Answers)
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How to use it
- Choose the clef and whether to show sharps, flats or both.
- Choose a difficulty: easy uses black-key notes, medium adds E♯ B♯ F♭ C♭, hard adds double sharps and flats.
- Press New worksheet; write another name for the same pitch, with its octave number.
- Check the key; it also lists other correct spellings.
What this worksheet practises#
In equal temperament, the same key on a piano can have more than one name. C♯ and D♭ are one key; so are F♯ and G♭. Each question gives a note with an accidental and asks you to rename it using a different letter, writing the octave number as well.
How the levels differ#
- Easy: the black-key notes inside the staff, C♯/D♭, D♯/E♭, F♯/G♭, G♯/A♭ and A♯/B♭.
- Medium: adds the white-key spellings E♯, F♭, B♯ and C♭, and allows up to two ledger lines. Here the octave number can change: B♯3 is C4.
- Hard: adds double sharps and double flats, up to three ledger lines.
How to work it out#
Step to the neighbouring letter and adjust the accidental. A sharp raises a note by a semitone, so C♯ equals D♭ because D is a whole tone above C and the flat lowers D by a semitone. If the spelling you find has the right letter but the wrong sound, change the accidental until the semitone count matches.
The key lists the simplest spelling first, then other correct ones. Any listed spelling is a correct answer. In real music, which spelling to use depends on the key and the harmony.