Key Signature Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which major key has exactly one sharp, F-sharp, in its key signature?
D major
E major
G major
B major
2. What is the standard order in which sharps are added to key signatures?
B, E, A, D, G, C, F
F, B, E, A, D, G, C
C, G, D, A, E, B, F
F, C, G, D, A, E, B
3. A piece is in a major key, and its key signature contains F-sharp and C-sharp. Which key is it in?
A major
D major
B minor
G major
4. Which statement correctly compares the key signatures of C major and its parallel minor, C minor?
C major has one sharp, while C minor has two flats
C major has no sharps or flats, while C minor has three flats
C major has no sharps or flats, while C minor has three sharps
C major and C minor use the same key signature
5. A melody in C major is rewritten in its relative minor without changing the key signature. Which minor key is used?
A minor
E minor
C minor
D minor
6. A major-key score begins with B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat in the key signature. Which tonic should you expect?
A-flat
B-flat
C
E-flat
7. Moving one step clockwise on the circle of fifths from D major adds one sharp. Which major key results?
E major
B major
G major
A major
8. A melody written in C major is transposed into F major. Which accidental must appear in the new key signature?
F-sharp
E-flat
B-flat
C-sharp
9. A piece has three sharps—F-sharp, C-sharp, and G-sharp—and consistently treats F-sharp as its tonic. Which key best fits?
A major
F-sharp minor
C-sharp minor
F major
10. Which major key has no sharps or flats in its key signature?
F major
G major
C major
A major
11. When a major key signature contains at least two flats, which part of the signature normally names the major key?
The first flat
The final flat
The second-to-last flat
The second flat
12. A key signature contains one sharp. Without more musical context, which pair gives its possible major and relative minor keys?
D major and B minor
G major and E minor
C major and A minor
F major and D minor
13. A major-key passage has B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, and D-flat in its key signature. Which key is indicated?
D-flat major
E-flat major
F minor
A-flat major
14. Which set of sharps belongs to the key signature of E major?
F-sharp, C-sharp, G-sharp, D-sharp
F-sharp, C-sharp, G-sharp
B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat
F-sharp, C-sharp, G-sharp, D-sharp, A-sharp
15. A composer wants the relative minor of B-flat major. Which key should be selected?
G minor
B-flat minor
D minor
F minor
16. In an A harmonic minor passage, G-sharp appears repeatedly even though the key signature has no sharps or flats. How is G-sharp normally written?
As an accidental within the music
By changing the key signature to A major
As part of a three-sharp key signature
As part of a one-sharp key signature