Why the Circle of Fifths is Important
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Most people don't understand what the circle of fifths is -- or how to use it. Here's a look at exactly why it's such a powerful tool for songwriting.
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I tried explaining the circle of fifths to a civilian and his nose literally started bleeding.
because you explained it wrong? thats why you looked up a guide on how it works afterwards right?
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Superimposing the piano keyboard onto the circle of fifths is so much clearer than simply having the sharp and flat symbols! I hope this becomes a standard reference point for music students which side-steps much unnecessary confusion....
Traditional (old, outdated) symbols are the greatest barrier to understanding.
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Absolute genius. Wow.
Agreed
Agreed. Music Theory should be accessible to anyone. This outdated white western 17th century stuff needs to go. Let's make it more intuitive.
As someone who has played piano now for 55 years and studied music theory at the college level -- this is absolutely the most brilliant explanation of the Circle of Fifths. As an electrical engineer by degree and profession, your graphical breakdown and analysis is profoundly insightful. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and to share it with others. BTW: I particularly appreciated your comment, "Now that you can see sound."
Must have taken you hours to make those animations, but they certainly get the job done! Excellent video
Thank you!
This is, hands down, the best video on the circle of fifths I have ever watched. I found myself screenshooting all the way through it just so I could have this information in my music theory notebook. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for your support, Anne! I’m so glad you’re here. Many more diagrams in the community. 🤘
I did the same thing. Plan to print them out to have them easily accessible.
Totally agree. I've watched at least 1/2 dozen circle of fifths videos and it just never sank in. This video really hit it home for me. What really did it this time is the piano keyboard superimposed on the circle, and the clock like ticks that clearly show how each key overlaps. Everything is very visual for me, so this helps immensely. Also, the keyboard superimposed on the circle really shows the pattern by which the sharps and flats are added or taken away as one goes around the circle; something I've heard discussed so much but never really understood. So helpful. Thanks for producing this video.
Great idea cheers 👍
I am really at a loss as to why you do not get tens of thousands of views. I have been a musician for decades and I had NO idea how all of the aspects of your videos interrelate and wish I would have had these thirty years ago. Though I might play the same today, I sure would have understood what I was doing a whole lot better and maybe have been way more creative. Good on you Mike!
Thank you for your feedback -- and I'm very glad you're here! More videos in the works. 🤘
yes. im just starting out on my music journey and this was great thanks!!!❤
I've struggled with the circle of 5ths for quite some time but in 1 video you've unlocked it for me. Thank you so much Mike!
Words and graphics are a model of clarity, thank you!
Bro, some music major better tell me this is exactly what you end up learning. Cause this is genius and took like 13 mins.
Excellent visual assistance for those of us who need it! Thank you for putting this together. Helped me plenty.🎉
Awesome-I’m glad this is helpful!
I dont get it. But I dont get it less than before watching this video. 👍🏼
I am a retired engineer and only half way through the video. It is hands down the best and easiest to digest presentation I have seen in my study of music theory. Thank you, you speak to my linear mind.
Mike! My god this is fantastic man
I've been working on a more fleshed out way of thinking about the circle of fifths and harmony in general. This has put into fantastic presentation much of what I've settled on
I love your use of colour and visuals. This is the future of music education 🙏💕
Thank you, Kaleb! I really appreciate your feedback. And it's cool to hear of your research into this stuff. I'm glad you are here!
Your illustrations and explanations are beyond good I’ve never seen anything like it 🤩 thank you!!!
I've watched many different lessons on Circle of Fifths, and this is definitely the easiest to understand by a long shot. You are a gifted teacher! 🙌
This is a perfect eye-opening explanation. I can’t wait for more similar videos. Thanks!
I watched 2 of the popular videos with millions of views, it was pretty confusing. But your way of explaining along with visual aids really helped me understand this concept because it was explained so simply for a beginner like myself. This is EXACTLY what I've been missing and was looking for. Very well done!
This IS fantastic. I like where everyone teaches the differences between the keys, you show how the notes and chords are shared by the keys. I.e. showing the relationships. I also like the superimposing the piano onto the the circle.
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I have watched a lot of music theory, this for me is the best there is, the explanation even the visual presentation. It felt like I just read a latest version of a book after reading old versions. Good job!
The engaging chromatic (pun intended) approach to visualising the Cof5s aside, can we take a moment to appreciate the clean crisp animations too? 👏
Thanks! (And I like the pun.)
I have never seen it explained any better. Genius. I subscribed.
Awesome -- thank you, Gary. I'm so glad you're here. 🤘
The graphics including the circular keyboard so brilliantly shows you the daisy chain relation. The giant loop makes it clear. The chord diagram clearly shows how you get the chords. I have never seen it so clearly explained. I have shared this video every where.
After 30yrs of this blagging my head, it now makes complete sense. Putting the major circle in the middle makes it so much easier to understand. I’ve watched all the video’s and it’s all made sense. Even the spiral and pinching notes from other keys. It’s literally a eureka moment to me. 😳
The star sequence has explained even the orders of modes etc to me. Amazing teacher!
Well done and very impressive! Thank you for your efforts!
Brilliant, one of the best descriptions I've ever seen
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Best explanation!!!!
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Good graphics. Very few music instructors have that ability. That’s good! You should either get someone to create an app for this, and or market these graphics as plastic disks with clear rotatable overlays. I am starting to do the designs on hardware already.
Thanks for your feedback. Definitely more to come on this. Cheers.
Hi there, Mike.
Your videos are fantastic and have helped me a lot understanding musich theory.
I have made this "DIY Multipurpose Circle of Fifths" in cardboard. For me it is very useful:
ruclips.net/video/Q5cqbIbMBY4/видео.html
You are cited in the last page of the pdf!! 🙂.
Many thanks for your amazing work!
Excellent lesson, love the practical application this system engenders. Thank you!
I thought I was an artist before I went hard into music. The color wheel is following me!
I've got a basic understanding but I need to write out the circle myself to understand completely
Very cool. Art is everywhere.
This channel has to have one of the easiest to understand music theory videos Iv come across I still dont understand everything since every music theory video feels like sitting through a math lessons lol, where the intrest kind of feel like itsiforced, but this channel and another one is the only ones who has been able to make me see how music theory can be used to see it in a practical way like how you can compose chord progression etc
I love Rick Beato, he's s great teacher... I have his whole book on Theory, but I'm blown away by your video. I've never understood it completely until now. I'ma Global Visual learner, so thank you. 🤯
Keys into Colour. Thank you so much, first video of yours I've seen can't wait to get stuck into some more of your content. :)!
This is without a doubt, the best explanation for the circle of fifths that I've seen. I've watched a few videos and was able to pick up pieces, like how to tell the number of accidentals in a key, but I did not know that the second half of a particular scale in the circle was the first half of it's neighbour, or how to use it to build chord progressions. I was beginning to think the circle of fifths was going to be something I'd get the gist for what it is and would never use, but now my mind is racing with various ways I can start implementing it!
I too was one of those that knew there had to be inter-relationships between a given chord and related notes in the melody that went with them. This assemblage is such a cohesive group it has made the learning much easier. Thank you!
Agree
Finally.... a video that shows how to use the circle of fifths in songwriting, not just the theory of it. This is by far the best video I've seen on the topic.
A little constructive criticisme. Maybe you should show the pattern of a major scale to explain why we need the alterations when we move the scales around.
George, you have to be congratulated on this presentation. (So) well done!
I am so impressed with your presentation here that I subscribed to your community. As a self taught multi-instrumentalist, I have a feeling that it may be the best 36 bucks I ever spent.
Thank you, Steve -- I am so happy you're in the community! 🤘
Really enjoyed the video. You made reference to printable sheets. Are you able to share the link?
Do you have these diagrams available for download or purchace?
Awesome explanation! Specially for an amateur musician with a visual background like me.
The circle of fifth more like the pizza of fifth!
eh eh...... *please laugh*
Very good video - I hadn't seen the overlapping keyboard concept before, nor the three rings of chords.
I'm glad this helps -- and thanks for your feedback.
The most clever dynamic explanation I have ever seen. Congratulations!
Soooooo when can I buy that circle of fifths diagram as a poster that I can hang on my wall?
What software do you use to make the circle of fifth pictures and animations?
Love your depiction of music theory. It seems you came to the same critcisms and conclusions I ended up with. In Germany it's even worse, because most educators use the german notes AHCDEFG! So B->H and 'H sharp' -> B. The legend is that some german monk did copy notes and got the english names for the notes wrong. For hundreds of years Germans now learn a wrong naming that makes it more complicated and destroys the ability to easily learn music from anglo-saxon sources. Thankfully this is changing now, because most products are derived from US and UK music scores and nobody wants to make a special german version.
I've been learning music for over a decade and this is the most direct and simple explanation I've gotten of the circle of fifths. Subscribed!
as beginner, still super confusing lol!! but some things are understandable!
Such an incredible video! Should be a standard for all musicians to understand. Really helped make things very clear for me. Thanks!
If you made a video about parallel modes with circle of 5ths, you should put in in the description of your video
I thought I had invented this circle exactly like this, and suddenly I come across this circle identical to mine. It's precisely the way I used to teach my students in the past.
It would be nice if you could make some printable poster of each key signatures that visually shows the relationship between each keys like the one shown in this video for purchase. I know I’d buy one. It’s aesthetically pleasing and informative.
Hi Mike,
I want you to get a circle of fifths poster. Can you recommend the best choice of poster for me?
Thank you.
Hey there -- yes, one will be available in my shop (link in the video notes) in the next couple of weeks. Cheers!
Many people talked about the circle of fifth on RUclips, and you are the only one who provided the coolest graphics. So cool!
Is the circle available for purchase?
You can find this diagram and many (hundreds) more in the community link in the video notes. 🤘
OK so I still have zero use for this image and I still dont know why it matters in any way if your a guitarist and you work with intervals......I dont mean to be negative to your video but everyone keeps saying learn the circle of 5ths to people in theory and guitar subs and groups etc and I am a gigging guitarist for 35 years and still have never had any use or care for it in any way
You will get better at music. It's all for improv. I have no clue how you could improvise for 20+ years without it, it literally tells you how to sound good. I can't help but feel like you're lying
Your charts are awesome man. I can see clearly what you are telling me. Great lessons! Thanks!
I'm going to rewatch this another time, cause my brain has just exploded.
Hey there! This is very nicely done. Well presented. Really helps explain this tool. Thanks much.
Awesome! Thanks for your feedback.🤘
Mike. A truly fine and concise education tool. Well done!!
Amazing content. Very insightful. Thx a lot
Very cool -- thanks!
Finally, after so many videos explaining it, this was the one right from the beginning that I finally understand it. Great job.👍
thankyou. for me as a beginner this is the best layman explanation of how the circle of 5ths works. 👍
Thanks! I'm glad this is helpful.
❤ i learned so much from this. I’ve been looking for this kind of explanation. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
Unbelievable. Complex, thorough, mind blowing. I don't understand the half of it, much less able to implement it.
This is precisely what I've been trying and failing to explain to my my students. Your usage of diagrams and the animations is extremely helpful. I will definitely be pointing them to this video. Thank you!
Awesome -- thanks, Chris! I'm glad this is helpful. 🤘
I've read sheet music since I was 8. I never learned the circle. I go and buy the songs I like and them play them on the piano and make my own arrangements for the guitar. Please tell me the benefit of learning this stuff, I don't see it.
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Sheet music/traditional notation is antiquated and is far less clear than superimposing the chromatic scale onto a clock face, for example. Seems odd that you didn't notice this 🤔 but musical notation is nevertheless useful.
@@andreasihlen6244 Well excuuuuuuse moi for not noticing, but I'm not a studio musician, so how exactly will I benefit from learning this?
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I'm not a studio musician either but I like to figure songs out for myself, rather than simply reading someone else's notation. And this understanding of the circle of fifths is invaluable!
best of bests circle of 5ths video ♥️♥️
Outstanding work. Really first class teaching. Thank you.
Bro you are just amazing man ❤🎉
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Very concise explanation Mike, loved the vid!
Thanks!
Lost me on the part where the colors are rearranged
Thank You Mike, it is amazing! The best explanation. Bravo!
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This is an amazing explanation and graphic representation of the circle of fifths. Color brings so much clarity for me as a visual learner. Can't wait to implement, thank you!
This is one of the most helpful music theory videos I’ve seen online. I was wondering, how did u make the visuals/animations? Like what program or whatever
I've watched so many videos where providers talk about whole step and half step, but never explain what that means. C to D - a whole step. But what is a whole step? Why? What precisely makes a step? Nobody mentions frequency and how it sounds to the western ear.
Can you clarify? Thanks.
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Great explanation! Thanx!
So, what you're ultimately saying is the circle of fifths is LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ? 🤔
Nice visuals man, very helpful 👍
Thanks!
Wonderful 👌. Excellent demonstration👍👌
It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe. Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters.
Every book has chapters. Every album has songs.
Each chapter is different. Each song is different.
But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album). Iamlxgend told me about albums are book 📕 📖 Mike.
Thank you very much🥳
Best Circle of Fifths video I've come across. Thanks!
Oh I can't wait for harmonic Major episode ;D
functional harmony possibilities :>
Mfer really made a mitochondria reference lmao
Your explanation of the circle of fifths was the best one I’ve found so far. I’m still confused but not as confused as before.
Thank you for explaing this diagram more clearly!
The first time I was introduced to the circle of 5ths it was the new one you showed, but it was still introduced to me as a way to show the key signature and there related minor and diminished keys.
I love puzzles and something about it intrigued me. I studied it for hours and found what you talked about and chords and just a lot of interesting things. I was recently talking to a very talented musician friend who went to college for music. He said I was the first person he has ever meet who was excited about the circle of 5ths. I still feel like it has some secrets that we haven’t found yet. To me it’s a really cool musical puzzle and helper when I need to find certain answer quickly. I just really love the circle of 5ths and all the musical things you can find because it’s all connected.
I have so much trouble understanding music theory even after making music for 35 years. This was fantastic. Thank you!
I thought I was gonna have to just memorize which sharps/flats go where but I just realized it’s all in order. After F and C the sharps come in at G. So the first sharp is gonna be f. D is gonna have F and C sharp. Etc. cuz FCGDAEB🤙. Now for the minor scale lol
Way to complicated. I'll watch a few more times. Like the piano keyboard circle. Helpful.
Human video! Thanks, subscribed and liked (loved, actually)!!
01102022: Bravo, Great, please can you explain the same with the Pentatonics scales???
This is superb,I started playing Piano 2020 and you have really demystified the 🎹 Keys through the cycles of fifths
Eye opening info
Leaned a bit more about the circle of fifths thanks
Just a phantom construction. What if I call notes numerals 1 to 12, use a dodeka keyboard, or simply exit the Western European 12-et system and go into other culture musical traditions? Basically, the circle of fifths is a quasi-mystical justification of a flawed notation system.
How did you make all that graphics? That is amazing. I will share your video on my blog.