Editing Relative key (section)

== Distinguishing on the basis of melody ==
To distinguish a minor key from its relative major, one can look to the first note/chord of the melody, which usually is the [[Tonic (music)|tonic]] or the [[Dominant (music)|dominant (fifth note)]]; The last note/chord also tends to be the tonic. A "raised 7th" is also a strong indication of a minor scale (instead of a major scale): For example, C major and A minor both have no sharps or flats in their key signatures, but if the note G{{music|#}} (the seventh note in A minor raised by a [[semitone]]) occurs frequently in a melody, then this melody is likely in A [[Minor scale#Harmonic minor scale|harmonic minor]], instead of C major.