circle of fifths, eh?

[LilPunkGirl]

yeah, is that whole "circle of fifths" thing supposed to make sense? did anyone else understand? cuz, um, i didnt. its just went *swoosh* right over my head. im not sure what kind of response im looking for, just if anyone is as confused as me i guess. or if i might get some explanation, maybe... yeah im done now http://www.zentao.com/ubb/smilies/movingeyes.gif

[Bardsley]

I can help, if you explain what it is you don't understand. The circle of fifths really is a way of arranging the different keys. They are arranged in fifths for several reasons which I believe are mentioned in Stone's lesson, one is that it is the order in which each key gains a new sharp for every movement clockwise, and gains a flat countercloackwise. Ok, for instance, in the key of C, you have C, D, E , F, G, A, B, C. That is the major scale prgression,. G is the fifth note of C major, so you move to G, you have, G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G. As you can see, G major has one sharp. Next, D, has two sharps, A hgas three, and so on, all adding one more to the ones before. Does this help? The reason why this is useful, is that when you change key, often you want to create a smooth movement to a new key, and the smoothest movement is when you move to the next key on the circle of fiftyhs, as there is only one note different between a key and the next on the circle. Hence, moving to G from C is a smooth key change, the only difference is an F#. I hope this doesn't confuse you more. If you want to know anything else, I hope I can help.

[StoneDragon]

LPG,

Do you know how to construct a major scale in any key and the notes that are used for each key?

[LilPunkGirl]

umm, *gulp* no, (btw, thanks for explaining bardsley. it helped a little) yeah stone, that sound scary, i dont know about that

[StoneDragon]

The circle of 5ths probably won't make a lot of sense until you start really working with the major scale.

OTOH... you are probably already pretty familiar with key signatures from playing the viola. The circle of 5ths is really just a handy device for organizing key signatures. Take a look at some of your viola music, and use the circle to determine what key is being shown in the key signature. You'll get the hang of it pretty quick.

[Kingcrimson]

Bardsley, very good explanation.

-- KC (http://www.mp3.com/mozez)

[owwdatune]

BARTENDER.....send a cold 1 down to MR.BARDSLEY...pretty good explanation.
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