Editing Minor scale (section)

==Key signature==
In modern notation, the [[key signature]] for music in a [[Minor-key|minor key]] is typically based on the [[Accidental (music)|accidentals]] of the ''natural'' minor scale, not on those of the harmonic or melodic minor scales. For example, a piece in E minor will have one sharp in its key signature because the E natural minor scale has one sharp (F{{music|sharp}}).

Major and minor keys that share the same [[key signature]] are ''[[Relative key|relative]]'' to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat. Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is a [[major sixth]] above the tonic of the major scale. For instance, B minor is the relative minor of D major because the note B is a major sixth above D. As a result, the key signatures of B minor and D major both have two sharps (F{{music|sharp}} and C{{music|sharp}}).