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A couple of mnemonics for added sharps and flats might also help: Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle = order of added sharps in sharp keys (G has F#, D adds C#, etc). Reverses for the flat keys: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles's Father (F major has Bb, Bb major adds Eb, etc. A less old-fashioned sounding one, which doesn't exactly reverse but is more amusing for kids: Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Cold Feet
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Hopefully I'll be able to execute a successful change of this mental habit ! Thanks for the input. Quote:
as you're in flat keys, ascending into keys with more flats: the new accidental will be up a 4th from the new key as you're in flat keys, decending into keys with less flats: the new natural will be the 7th from the new key as you're in sharp keys, ascending into keys with more sharps: the new accidental will be the 7th from the new key as you're in sharp keys, descending into keys with less sharps: the new natural will be the 4th from the new key (example: going from the key of D to G, C (4th of G, 7th of D) is the "new natural") bearing in mind that a 7th is a 4th of a 4th, and these things reciprocate from the same series of accidentals up and down, with the flat keys introducing accidentals on the 4th and the sharps on the 7th which again relate to flat being lower than sharp and 4 being lower than 7. This might seem like a strange approach, but I have the long term goal of internalizing tonalities (not just major/natural minor, but starting with those), hopefully to the extent that I can use them to improvise over complex changes without relying on simple devices like soling on the scale of the dominant chords, and also without a lot of conscious thought about the details. |