Everyone, no matter what instrument he or she plays, needs to know about key signatures and how they work. And most people don’t realize that the flats in a key signature always occur in the same order – BEADGCF. In other words, if there is only one flat in the key signature, that flat is always Bb. If there are two flats, they are Bb and Eb, and so on. Same with sharps – they always occur in the same order – FCGDAEB – which is just the reverse of the order of the flats.

Watch this short video and in five minutes from now you should know all about sharps and flats in key signatures for the rest of your life.

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