and you get to the note D - D major contains 2 sharps. Continue this process through the cycle of fifths, to A, E, B, F# and C#, the last of which contains 7 sharps in the key signature.

Count up another five notes, and you get to the note D - D major contains 2 sharps. Continue this process through the cycle of fifths, to A, E, B, F# and C#, the last of which contains 7 sharps in the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Only the order of tones and semitones is different. Both keys have the same key signature, shown here:. Because they ...