Count up another five notes, and you get to the note D - D major contains 2 ... note that they prefer working in sharp key signatures. Keys such as E and A major resonate with guitarists, as ...

The number of sharps in a key signature increases, as we move through what is known as ‘the cycle of 5ths'. Count up five notes from the note C, and you get to G - G major contains 1 sharp. Count up ...

This is known as the relative minor. So G major, for example has a key signature of one sharp, but this is also the key signature for E minor. To find this, just count down three semitones (count ...