You can work out the relative minor of a major key by simply counting down three semitones. For example, C major (with no key signature) is relative to A minor (also with no key signature). Follow ...

A great way of visualising the 24 keys of Western music is the circle of fifths, which depicts the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, their minor and major key signatures, and how they relate to each ...

The number of sharps in a key signature increases, as we move through what is known as ‘the cycle of 5ths'. Count up five ...

Our pianist begins his chronological clavier journey in 1722 with Bach’s prelude in C major (funny that). From there, we tour Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Louise Farrenc, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and many ...