All about the Circle of 5ths
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Have you heard the term Circle of 5ths, but are not sure what it is and how it can help you when composing and playing music? In this video I detail what the Circle of 5ths actually is, how it's formed, and why's its useful whether you are a composer, songwriter or performer.
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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Working out a Major Scale
02:57 - Forming the Circle of 5ths - the sharp keys
05:18 - Forming the Circle of 5ths - the flat keys
07:26 - Minor Key Signatures
07:55 - The Circle of 5ths-Why is it useful?
08:54 - Using the Circle to help with Chords
09:23 - Outro
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you're the best!!
in all the learnings, i have literally forgotten using circle of fifths to check the possibilities for determining my chord progressions for composing. using it by ear is best and going by the tonal colour and the emotion is good too, but i had totally forgotten using this as well to see how it sounds while writing new stuff.
@composingacademy8270
7 ай бұрын
Good luck!
@ratnacomposerstudio
7 ай бұрын
pretty cool, i liked it :) just finished one score :) @@composingacademy8270
Good video!
@composingacademy8270
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I'm on it
At the end, when you talk about viewing the scales as chords, do you mean e flat major I (in roman number notation)?
Hi, thank you very much for your videos! They are very helpful! Do you suggest to get full range midi controller with 88 keys? I didn't see this example in your guide. What do you think about Alesis q88 mkii? Is it suitable for the purpose you describe in your guide?
@composingacademy8270
Жыл бұрын
I don't have any experience with the Alesis q88 mkii, but I would suggest a 61 key controller would be fine. I've had an 88 Key (Yamaha KX88) for years - I've tried going smaller, but I'm so used to it, anything else feels strange!
@sushinskiy
Жыл бұрын
@@composingacademy8270 thank you for your answer! I just wondered, how to use all note range in rejected keyboard? It should be uncomfortable.
Hey, Simon. Thank you for this one, but still would you show us more examples to compose using this circle, please?
@composingacademy8270
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, I will check out those pieces!
Can you make a video on how you use the circle of fifth to compose in a good way a chords progression?
@composingacademy8270
Жыл бұрын
I'll add that topic to my list of videos to make. Thanks for the suggestion!
@lepuitsauxsouhaits
Жыл бұрын
@@composingacademy8270 Thank you !!
@lepuitsauxsouhaits
Жыл бұрын
@@composingacademy8270 Can't wait !! 😉
How does this help? A list would do the same...
@M4T
2 жыл бұрын
cause it is a cycle :)
The mirror of 5ths/4ths decoding the circle after 300+ years and its universal mnemonic device is an alternative to the circle of 5ths for those who will find the latter a bit hard to memorize.
@composingacademy8270
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion- I'll definitely check out the alternative!