The one issue that sometimes crops up is deciding which name to call certain notes. It also works the other way, a miner works underground in a mine, so to get to a minor you need to go down. To help you remember this, just remember that a major is high up in the army, so to get to a major you need to go up. E.g., the relative minor of A major is F# minor, the relative minor of Bb major is G minor. Of course, you can also find out the relative minor of a particular major scale by going down 3 semitones. The relative major of G minor is B♭major, both have two flats. So it follows that the relative major of B minor is D major, both have two sharps. You can also find the relative major of a minor key by going up three semitones. In the same way the relative major of D minor is F major (one flat), and the relative major of E minor is G major (one sharp). As you can see below, starting on A and going up 3 semitones brings you to C A minor has the same key signature as C major. ![]() It often helps to visualize this on a piano keyboard. ![]() So, beginning on A and moving up three semitones, it is clear that C major is the relative major and this has the same key signature as A minor. To find the relative major of a minor key you go up three semitones. Here is a slightly modified excerpt from my book Essential Music Theory Volume 1: Learn To Read And Appreciate Music.Įach minor scale has a relative major, like a cousin! A relative minor has the same key signature as the major of which it is a relative. The most important first step in learning about minor key signatures is, strangely enough, to learn the major key signatures! As you will see below, once you have learned these, you already know the minor key signatures.Ĭlick here to learn about major key signatures with sharps.Ĭlick here to learn about major key signatures with flats.
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