Major and Minor

[iphis]

I get confused with all the major and minor (melodic and harmonic).
my teacher showed me a way...by counting.
*it's really fascinating how those musicians arrange all the sharps, flats together.

I'm having problem memorizing it.
any idea?

[prometheus]

Maybe memorise the circle of fiths. Or ask your teacher for advice. To me it is not really clear what the problem is. Are you really confused, if so about what? Or is it a memorisation problem? If so what exactly are you trying to memorise and how?

[allthumbs]

Greetings

See my post on the circle of fifths


https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,12166.msg132797.html#msg132797


Cheers

allthumbs

[bernhard]

Have a look here:

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,12263.msg132837.html#msg132837

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[asyncopated]

Hi iphis,

I suggest that you just sit down one afternoon ( a couple of hours should be enough) and memorise everything.

It is important to understand the relationship between key signatures, but ultimately you its very useful to know what key you are in and simple if you can look at a piece or even section and be able to tell what the composer is doing.

It is like times tables.  When you were a kid (or at some stage in life), if you were just made to memorise it, rather than counting with fingers, you should be much quicker at it now. It is useful and important enough to put in the effort.

Here are some amusing ways of memorising the order of sharps and flats
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,10012.0.html
to get you started.

Once you have the major scale the minor scales are easy.