I had thought I had the simplest way to figure out sharps and flats on the key signature from mode and keynote graphed on a .GIF on my website. I was wrong. I found a much simpler way, as shown on a new .GIF there, SFMODE2.GIF. Most will probably not need it at all, the method is so simple and easy to do.
Number letter notes in the order of sharps on the key signature (F=1, C=2, G=3, D=4, A=5, E=6, B=7). If the keynote is sharp add 7 (14 for double sharp), and if it's flat subtract 7 (-14 for double flat). Subtract mode number (1-lydian, 2-ionian, 3 mixolydian, 4-dorian, 5-aeolian, 6-phrygian, and 7- locrian) from that note number and you get the number of sharps or flats you put on the key signature. If the number is negative it's the number of flats, and if it's positive it's the number of sharps. Bruce Olson -- Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes, broadside ballads at my website <A href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw";> Click </a> To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
