#9 Circle of fifths tutorial; How to draw a circle of fifths (circle of keys)

In this lesson I explain the circle of fifths or sometimes known as the circle of keys. I explain how to draw it, and give you a few tips on how it works and how to read it.

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• circle
• of
• fifths
• keys
• music
• theory
• andrew
• furmanczyk

[shmaol]

if people are having a hard time hearing him do the following steps:

1) right click speaker in bottom right of screen.

2)click sounds

3)go to playback tab.

4)click on speakers (double click)

5)it should take you to speaker properties

6) go to enchancements

7)check the box loudness equalization

8) now you can enjoy the videos even more :)

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[niceNnerdy]

In the cirrrrclleeee, the circle of fifths!

[mrshredstarZ]

@shmaol Like a boss. thanks

[ForZakenZ]

:(( too much joking, wasting my time, btw nice tutorial...

[DamanArora1209]

@Gaziermo yes

[Gaziermo]

@DamanArora1209 you mean A flat minor and A flat Major?

[DamanArora1209]

whats the difference between A flat and A flat major

[jimboZS]

@DongWork4Yuda It looks the same to me..... I think (if I understand correctly) that Andrew has added an extra outer circle to show which flats relate to the relevant scale(ie. in wikipedia's circle the scale of Eb has 3b's in it. Andrew has kindly written in the outer circle showing that in the scale of Eb we have Ab,Eb,Bb) Wiki just states the number of flats or sharps, Andrew has drawn them out for us

[mikemica1967]

Thanks for taking the time to make these. You're a great teacher!

[DongWork4Yuda]

the circle of 5ths draw here is different from the one on Wikipedia and other places I've looked... WHY ?

[eena007]

if you dont get it (like i didnt) try learning some simple sheet music and play it by heart, you will then understand the need of Circle of Fifths: it just makes life simplier ;)

[dragonitedla44]

@shmaol thanks !!!