Circle of Fifths: Everything You Need to Know
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Published 2020-09-10
The circle of fifths is a unique pattern of the 12 pitches in western classical music theory which is commonly paired with information about key signatures but also gives many insights into harmony, intervals, transposition, and chord structure.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:56 - How It's Built
2:16 - Major and Minor Key Signatures
3:59 - Harmony
6:32 - Intervals and Transposition
8:12 - Chord Structure
10:44 - Conclusion
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I appreciate the taupe/beige background. It is more calming on my eyes and less harsh than a bright white screen that feels overwhelming while I’m trying to study this lol
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Something notable is that if you take a key, let's say G which has 1 sharp, and look at Gb, it has 6 flats. A key signature and its flattened counterpart have sharps/flats that always add up to 7. C has 0 sharps while Cb has 7 flats, E has 4 sharps while Eb has 3 flats, D has 2 sharps while Db has 5 flats, etc.
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My guess is that it will take me about a year to absorb most of this. Everything moves from seemingly elementary to complex is a very short time. thank you very much for doing this for the music community.
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incredible how i've been playing piano for 20 years, I've taken and passed 10 state certified music levels, passed an advanced college course in jazz theory, and only now do I feel like I understand the circle of fifths. what the hell. You're awesome
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I learned more here in 10 minutes than I did in a year of music lessons at my school. Thank you.
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I've always found parallels between music, painting, and science in the sense that the infinite complexity of it all is produced by combinations of a small set of basic primary elements. The way you explained it in this video puts everything into perspective. Also, I spent close to half an hour trying to figure out that stairs diagram before I finally gave up lol. Thanks man, your videos are the gift that keeps on giving.
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Man you broke this down so much easier than my music courses.
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I just started learning music theory and this just absolutely BLOWS my mind. I’m currently a premed student in my junior year and am playing guitar/learning theory as a hobby. Basically just doing anything music because I love music so much. I spent about 3 hours on this 11 minute video just soaking up every piece of info here and this is by far the best video I’ve come across about this topic. I can not thank you enough
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As a visual learner, I've always been able to grasp a new concept, skill or task when demonstrated and explained exactly as you have. Thank you for this exceptional video that finally turned the "lightbulb" on in my brain!
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Exactly when i need this, you release this. Are you reading my mind?
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And just as I became aware and surprised that I hadn’t heard it yet, ‘the lick’ appeared.
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I'll have to watch this 700 more times but I'm fascinated so thank you for making it!
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I'm getting back into music after a looooong time away from it. Knowing how lacking I was in theory, finding this video serves as a perfect reintroduction for me. Brilliant resource. Thank you!
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If i didn't watch this, i would've failed class, this man deserves more subs.
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Incredible that this knowledge is thousands of years old, yet still hard to learn despite of how obvious it sounds after the explanation. I'll have to watch it a bit more times again. Nice animation and the sounds helps a LOT! Thank you!
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This is undoubtedly the best explanation of the circle of fifths I’ve ever seen. I am self taught and been playing guitar off and on for 25 years. Most theory videos require some degree of abstract prerequisite knowledge (reasonably so); however, this often translates to very abstract explanations. But this video just tied together more in 11 minutes than I’ve been able to do alone in 11 years. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this video!
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I've watched Piano Pig for a long time, he taught me just about everything I know, and this video just strapped it all together. Now I just need to memorize the circle, practice the licc around the circle, learn how to read sheet music, and I'm a full out musician.
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You add the lick , I add the like
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my brain hurts.
