Music Theory Cheat Sheet - Level 1 printable pdf download

Music Theory Cheat Sheet - Level 1

Here is the Grand Staff with all the note names.

The notes of the staff are organized ABCDEFG,

then starts over.

We organize these into scales. The most common is the

major scale, which is organized into whole and half steps

. The C Major scale (right) uses no accidentals (#’s and

b’s)

However, in order to have the same pattern of

whole and half steps, in other keys, we have to add

accidentals. Look at D Major (left).

We add F# and C# to make the correct pattern.

BUT! Music would be super crowded if we had accidentals everywhere. SO! Music Theory uses key

signatures in order to lessen the amount of accidentals we use in music.

Key Signatures tell the musician where “do” is, or where the center of the key is.

Finding Key signatures

Sharps

Flats

Go to the last sharp and go u p one pitch to find Do

The s econd to last flat is Do

In this example, the last

In this example, the

second to last flat is

note is _______. If we go

up one pitch, that pitch is

______.

________. Which means

Which makes Do,

Do is _______.

_______.

Music Theory Cheat Sheet - Level 1