The Circle of Fifths - How to Actually Use It
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Published 2015-03-13
Also check out the follow up lesson about using the circle of fifths with minor keys: • The Circle of Fifths - Minor Keys and...
All Comments (21)
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I'm nearly 60, but this makes me want to go back to music school with you as teacher. Great job. You have a gift.
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2 years I did not understand. I was frustrated but I did not give up playing. Now I can confidently say it is so easy as typing this. Just to encourage someone out there. keep practicing. don't give up
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Shit this guy just taught me more in 15 mins than what I'd learnt myself in the last 2 years
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Thank you Mr. Beast!
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I'm just into my second year of learning to play, in my case a clarinet, but I really took a step forward with you explaination of the circle of 5Ths . excellent P.S. I'm 78 and wishing I should have started earlier
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This guy is an absolute legend. My friends and I are in a band, and I was struggling to understand how to write my own music, until I saw this video. He described an advanced course simple enough to have an overgrown toddler like myself understand it. Keep up the good work!
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When I was a kid, I remembered it using Order of flats: Fat Boy Eat All Day Order of sharps: Go Down And Eat Breakfast
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Michael, you're an excellent teacher! You made it look so easy. I didn't major in music ( I"m a retired CFO/CPA). However, I've been playing piano for 50 yrs and cello 30 yrs. I even took 4 yrs. of cello at a university & played in a symphony. You just added a big piece of the puzzle to my musical knowledge. We're never too old to learn. Thank you!!
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i've been playing guitar for 15 years, and i never realized how much i still have to learn until i saw this.
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Caroline got arrested at 2:22 in the background
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FONDLES NOT FIXES NOT FOUND NOT FLIPS NOT FARMS NOT FIGHTS FONDLES
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Bead-fondler is going to be the name of my next band
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lmao thanks for this, but serious question... How did you find out about the time I got drunk and ate butterflies!?
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I've just started piano after strumming a guitar for years and I am so grateful that you have made this video which has massively deepened my knowledge of notes, chords and keys. This 15 minutes has given me the knowledge and motivation to take my music studies to the next level. You are a great teacher because you know what students find difficult. Excellent.
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Perfect! Clean and straightforward explanation. When on my morning walk I try to visualize the circle of fifths. I practice reciting how many sharps or flats for a given key and what they are. Very helpful when transposing on the fly. For example, I play my english horn with our string ensemble. When they play warmups in D, I know I need to be in A because my horn is in F, and they are all in concert C. LOL
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"church it up" Best phrase i heard in a while
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Lol if you listen close at 2:22 you can hear someone getting arrested lol (PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK)
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You are a champion! Thank you, Thank you. I've been trying to wrap my head about this for a while, only half understanding it. You have explained this useful tool in a way that actually makes sense! This will save so much time and be so handy.
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I’m a senior in college studying music tech, and this is the most helpful, most cut-and-dry, most effective demonstration of the Circle of Fifths and how it can be used I’ve ever seen. College professors have a habit of skimming the Circle and not really teaching how it can be practically applied to making music. I only really knew it as “clockwise: fifths. Counterclockwise: fourths.” So thanks for this. I definitely subbed and favorited this vid.
