Best Answer: FCGDAEB is the printed order or the sharps. You see 3 symbols - it is FCG. The order of flats is backwards. BEADGCF. You see 4 symbols - it is BEAD. So you memorise those strings of letters forwards and backwards. Heck, my elementary school beginning flute students learn them in a minute - before they even learn the lines and sides in the staff. We do the easier scales from rote and recitation, THEN add notation. It's like a big easy GAME.