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Key Signature Flashcards: All 15 Signatures in Treble & Bass Clef

Identify all 15 standard key signatures in treble and bass clef with 60 two-way cards covering each major key and relative minor.

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About this deck

Key Signature Flashcards

Identify and produce all 15 conventional written key signatures, from seven flats through seven sharps, in both treble and bass clef. This deck treats each major key and its relative minor as one composite answer because both conventionally share the same written signature.

What the cards practice

  • 30 notation-to-name cards show a clef and key signature and ask for the major key plus relative minor.
  • 30 name-to-notation cards give a major/relative-minor pair and clef, then show the exact written signature on the back.
  • Every answer begins with the major/relative-minor pair and then lists the visible sharps or flats as verification context.
  • Every card uses the single tag key-signatures.

The two directions are separate cards because recognizing a signature and producing it from key names are distinct retrieval skills. The major/relative-minor pair stays composite because one written signature conventionally maps to both keys.

Learning sequence

The fixed order starts with zero accidentals, then interleaves sharp and flat families, treble and bass clefs, and both retrieval directions. It avoids long circle-of-fifths runs that would reveal the next answer. The two cards that reuse any one signature-and-clef image are exactly 30 positions apart. Ordinals 1 through 60 are explicit and deterministic.

Scope and limitations

This deck covers only the 15 standard signatures from seven flats through seven sharps. It excludes scales, keyboard diagrams, scale-note lists, harmonic- and melodic-minor alterations, modes, chords, enharmonic theoretical signatures beyond the standard set, alto clef, and tenor clef. Those are separate skills or would add visual material that does not help the promised key-signature retrieval task.

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Source and license

Key-pair facts, accidental order, and clef-specific notation positions are adapted from Open Music Theory’s “Key signatures” chapter, reviewed August 16, 2026. The source is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation adds two-way retrieval, a deterministic interleaved sequence, original wording, independently rendered notation images, and an original programmatic cover. The complete derived deck is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The notation uses the Bravura music font by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The generated PNG images are independently composed for this deck. No competitor wording or media was copied.

Cards in this deck

  1. Card 1

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with no sharps or flats.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C major / A minor

    Visible accidentals: none.

  2. Card 2

    Question

    E major / C♯ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    E major / C♯ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 4 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

  3. Card 3

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 2 flats, left to right on B, E positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    B♭ major / G minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭.

  4. Card 4

    Question

    G major / E minor — bass clef

    Answer

    G major / E minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 1 sharp, left to right on F position.

    Visible sharps: F♯.

  5. Card 5

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 6 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    G♭ major / E♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

  6. Card 6

    Question

    A major / F♯ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    A major / F♯ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 3 sharps, left to right on F, C, G positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯.

  7. Card 7

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 4 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    A♭ major / F minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

  8. Card 8

    Question

    C♯ major / A♯ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    C♯ major / A♯ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 7 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E, B positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

  9. Card 9

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 1 flat, left to right on B position.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    F major / D minor

    Visible flats: B♭.

  10. Card 10

    Question

    B major / G♯ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    B major / G♯ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 5 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

  11. Card 11

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 7 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C, F positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C♭ major / A♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

  12. Card 12

    Question

    D major / B minor — bass clef

    Answer

    D major / B minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 2 sharps, left to right on F, C positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯.

  13. Card 13

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 3 flats, left to right on B, E, A positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    E♭ major / C minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭.

  14. Card 14

    Question

    F♯ major / D♯ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    F♯ major / D♯ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 6 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

  15. Card 15

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 5 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    D♭ major / B♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

  16. Card 16

    Question

    C major / A minor — bass clef

    Answer

    C major / A minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with no sharps or flats.

    Visible accidentals: none.

  17. Card 17

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 3 sharps, left to right on F, C, G positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    A major / F♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯.

  18. Card 18

    Question

    G♭ major / E♭ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    G♭ major / E♭ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 6 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

  19. Card 19

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 7 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E, B positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C♯ major / A♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

  20. Card 20

    Question

    B♭ major / G minor — bass clef

    Answer

    B♭ major / G minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 2 flats, left to right on B, E positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭.

  21. Card 21

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 1 sharp, left to right on F position.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    G major / E minor

    Visible sharps: F♯.

  22. Card 22

    Question

    A♭ major / F minor — bass clef

    Answer

    A♭ major / F minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 4 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

  23. Card 23

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 5 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    B major / G♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

  24. Card 24

    Question

    F major / D minor — bass clef

    Answer

    F major / D minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 1 flat, left to right on B position.

    Visible flats: B♭.

  25. Card 25

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 2 sharps, left to right on F, C positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    D major / B minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯.

  26. Card 26

    Question

    C♭ major / A♭ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    C♭ major / A♭ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 7 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C, F positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

  27. Card 27

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 6 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    F♯ major / D♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

  28. Card 28

    Question

    E♭ major / C minor — bass clef

    Answer

    E♭ major / C minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 3 flats, left to right on B, E, A positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭.

  29. Card 29

    Question

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 4 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    E major / C♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

  30. Card 30

    Question

    D♭ major / B♭ minor — bass clef

    Answer

    D♭ major / B♭ minor

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 5 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

  31. Card 31

    Question

    C major / A minor — treble clef

    Answer

    C major / A minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with no sharps or flats.

    Visible accidentals: none.

  32. Card 32

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 4 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    E major / C♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

  33. Card 33

    Question

    B♭ major / G minor — treble clef

    Answer

    B♭ major / G minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 2 flats, left to right on B, E positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭.

  34. Card 34

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 1 sharp, left to right on F position.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    G major / E minor

    Visible sharps: F♯.

  35. Card 35

    Question

    G♭ major / E♭ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    G♭ major / E♭ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 6 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

  36. Card 36

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 3 sharps, left to right on F, C, G positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    A major / F♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯.

  37. Card 37

    Question

    A♭ major / F minor — treble clef

    Answer

    A♭ major / F minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 4 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

  38. Card 38

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 7 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E, B positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C♯ major / A♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

  39. Card 39

    Question

    F major / D minor — treble clef

    Answer

    F major / D minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 1 flat, left to right on B position.

    Visible flats: B♭.

  40. Card 40

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 5 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    B major / G♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

  41. Card 41

    Question

    C♭ major / A♭ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    C♭ major / A♭ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 7 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C, F positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

  42. Card 42

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 2 sharps, left to right on F, C positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    D major / B minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯.

  43. Card 43

    Question

    E♭ major / C minor — treble clef

    Answer

    E♭ major / C minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 3 flats, left to right on B, E, A positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭.

  44. Card 44

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 6 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    F♯ major / D♯ minor

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

  45. Card 45

    Question

    D♭ major / B♭ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    D♭ major / B♭ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 5 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G positions.

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

  46. Card 46

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with no sharps or flats.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C major / A minor

    Visible accidentals: none.

  47. Card 47

    Question

    A major / F♯ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    A major / F♯ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 3 sharps, left to right on F, C, G positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯.

  48. Card 48

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 6 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    G♭ major / E♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

  49. Card 49

    Question

    C♯ major / A♯ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    C♯ major / A♯ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 7 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E, B positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

  50. Card 50

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 2 flats, left to right on B, E positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    B♭ major / G minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭.

  51. Card 51

    Question

    G major / E minor — treble clef

    Answer

    G major / E minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 1 sharp, left to right on F position.

    Visible sharps: F♯.

  52. Card 52

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 4 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    A♭ major / F minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

  53. Card 53

    Question

    B major / G♯ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    B major / G♯ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 5 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

  54. Card 54

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 1 flat, left to right on B position.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    F major / D minor

    Visible flats: B♭.

  55. Card 55

    Question

    D major / B minor — treble clef

    Answer

    D major / B minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 2 sharps, left to right on F, C positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯.

  56. Card 56

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 7 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G, C, F positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    C♭ major / A♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

  57. Card 57

    Question

    F♯ major / D♯ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    F♯ major / D♯ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 6 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D, A, E positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

  58. Card 58

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 3 flats, left to right on B, E, A positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    E♭ major / C minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭.

  59. Card 59

    Question

    E major / C♯ minor — treble clef

    Answer

    E major / C♯ minor

    Treble clef on a five-line staff with 4 sharps, left to right on F, C, G, D positions.

    Visible sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

  60. Card 60

    Question

    Bass clef on a five-line staff with 5 flats, left to right on B, E, A, D, G positions.

    Major key / relative minor?

    Answer

    D♭ major / B♭ minor

    Visible flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

Abstract five-line music staves with treble and bass clefs, sharps, and flats on a dark blue background.

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Key Signature Flashcards: All 15 Signatures in Treble & Bass Clef

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