Description
18 question test about the circle of fifths in music. If you want to turn music into a more traditional worksheet learning style, where grading and holding the student accountable for completing a worksheet, then this is for you. I know that one of the greatest challenges is holding students accountable for practicing. Worksheets like this hold students accountable because they either did the worksheet or they didn't, instead of vague assignments, "Get better at the song this week," which most people don't follow through on.
This PDF is a great resource to have for any musician. Every musician should have a circle of 5ths nearby.
Likely brings up important conversations in music such as why some keys are difficult, and why this is all just short hand for saying 7 letter names quickly.
Tips/Answer Key:
1. I circled 6 nearby keys because it leads to the chords that happen in the center key (tiny flaw to this: diminished chord is not included in this trick).
2. The note directly above the last sharp is what major key you are in. This trick helps avoid conventional memorization of the whole circle.
3. The 2nd to last flat in the key signature tell you what major key you are in. This trick helps avoid conventional memorization of the whole circle.
4. Why does B# and E# exist? In scales, there must be one of each letter name. So difficult keys like C# Major have: C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C# instead of C# D# F F# G# A# C C#. The later makes it seem like there are no E's or B's, which why music theorists don't like it as much. However, when arranging for easy sight-reading, writing the scale the 2nd way could arguably be better.
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Description
18 question test about the circle of fifths in music. If you want to turn music into a more traditional worksheet learning style, where grading and holding the student accountable for completing a worksheet, then this is for you. I know that one of the greatest challenges is holding students accountable for practicing. Worksheets like this hold students accountable because they either did the worksheet or they didn't, instead of vague assignments, "Get better at the song this week," which most people don't follow through on.
This PDF is a great resource to have for any musician. Every musician should have a circle of 5ths nearby.
Likely brings up important conversations in music such as why some keys are difficult, and why this is all just short hand for saying 7 letter names quickly.
Tips/Answer Key:
1. I circled 6 nearby keys because it leads to the chords that happen in the center key (tiny flaw to this: diminished chord is not included in this trick).
2. The note directly above the last sharp is what major key you are in. This trick helps avoid conventional memorization of the whole circle.
3. The 2nd to last flat in the key signature tell you what major key you are in. This trick helps avoid conventional memorization of the whole circle.
4. Why does B# and E# exist? In scales, there must be one of each letter name. So difficult keys like C# Major have: C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C# instead of C# D# F F# G# A# C C#. The later makes it seem like there are no E's or B's, which why music theorists don't like it as much. However, when arranging for easy sight-reading, writing the scale the 2nd way could arguably be better.
