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The Circle of Fifths, Part 2

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Uploaded by on Nov 13, 2006

Using the circle of fifths to find key signatures for keys that contain notes that are flat.

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  • @muis786 - regarding why B major has an A# instead of Bb, it has to do with the standards for "spelling" scales. Just as in English, as many letter combinations could phonetically spell "scale" (skail, skayle, skale, etc.), yet only one is correct, so in music several note "spellings" could yield the same auditory result. So, the correct method for spelling scales is to only use each letter of the alphabet once per scale: B C# D# E F# G# A#, even though B Bx Eb E F# Ab Bb would sound the same.

  • @muis786 - The method for figuring out minor scale key signatures is almost identical to that of major scales, with the exception that you count forward 3 half-steps to find the "relative major" key. So, for the key of C minor, count forward from C three half-steps (Db, D, Eb) and then find the key of Eb major. Just like relatives of people share the same genes, relatives of key signatures share the same notes - C minor and Eb major have all the same notes, just with a different root!

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  • You should win a medal.

  • excellent video very creative and it is clearly better than all the other methods thumbs up if you agree

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  • thanks for the videos, i have two questions, 1)why we take only major scales when we are talking about key, here.

    C major has no flats or sharps but C minor has?

    2) Why B doesn't have B flat when it has A #, as in the B Major Scale

    Regards

  • Wow! This was the hardest thing for me to memorize when it came to major/minor scales. This is so easy! Kinda ticked I didn't know this before! Thanks so much!

  • WOW, I finally get it! Thank you, it was very helpful!

  • bravo....thank you for this lesson...

  • ...then for minor keys, you highlight the "A" slice of the pie and make it "0," with "E" getting 1 sharp, etc.

  • the video and comments

  • @shuvelface2012 - who are you responding to? The video, or one of the comments?

  • no b sharp i meant i was wrong

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