^Benward; Saker. Music in Theory and Practice I. 2003: 33–35. ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0. D flat major and a minor scale that have the same key signature are said to be in a relative relationship.
^Forte, Allen. Tonal Harmony 3rd. Holt, Rinehart, and Wilson. 1979: 9. ISBN 0-03-020756-8. The key which shares the same key signature but not the same first degree with another scale is called relative. Thus, e.g. the relative of C major is A minor (no sharps or flats in either key signature); the relative major of A minor is C major.