Join in with Music. A music series for KS2 pupils aged 7 to 11 providing opportunities to join in with music tracks. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

Because they share the same key signature and the same notes, it is common to modulate or change key between relative keys. Listen to this audio extract to hear C Major modulating to A Minor.

At the keyboard, C major is a blank slate: its scale consists only of what we usually term the piano’s ‘white’ notes (NB on the harpsichord those same notes are often colored black or brown).