parallel keys have the same tonic but different key signatures.
parallel keys have the same tonic but different key signatures.
what type of keys have the same tonic but different key signatures?
parallel keys
in music, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same tonic are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship. the parallel minor or tonic minor of a particular major key is the minor key based on the same tonic; similarly the parallel major has the same tonic as the minor key (from the greek, "para alleilos", "beside each other"). for example, g major and g minor have different modes but both have the same tonic, g; so we say that g minor is the parallel minor of g major. in contrast, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same key signature (and therefore different tonics) are called relative keys.
parallel key
in the case of seven-flat key signatures, the final f may occasionally be seen on the second-top line of the bass staff, whereas it would more usually appear below the bottom line. an example of this can be seen in isaac albéniz's "iberia": first movement, "evocación", which is in a minor.









































section::::major scale structure.









































except for c major, key signatures appear in two varieties, "sharp key signatures" ("sharp keys") and "flat key signatures" ("flat keys"), so called because they contain only one or other.









































section::::major scale structure.:scales with sharp key signatures.
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