Unlock Secrets to Scales the circle of 5ths is hiding from you

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
  • The Circle of 5ths. If you have ever been confused, or don't really get the Circle of 5ths, it's because much of the information to understand key signatures, scales, etc., is missing. Or at least needs some background information to truly understand everything. Adam Smale explains everything in a way that will give you all the background and help you to understand the cycle of 4ths or 5ths in a complete way. If you've wanted to learn some music theory for beginners, key signatures, major scales, minor scales, major scale in all keys, understand the circle of 5ths, cycle of 4ths, or the circle of 4ths explained, sharps and flats, all sharp keys, and all flat keys finally explained, then this video is for you!
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    CHAPTERS:
    0:00 - Intro
    0:14 - Major Scale Formula, why the Circle of 5ths Sucks
    2:39 - All the Flat Keys and notes of each
    10:28 - How to Write a proper Flat Symbol
    11:35 - Continuing Flat Keys
    13:29 - All the Sharp Keys
    22:31 - Where Flats and Sharps Collide & Enharmonics
    28:33 - Where Do Flats & Sharps Occur?
    32:52 - Best Way to Think of Sharps and Flats
    34:45 - What About Minor Keys?
    36:53 - What You Should do Next
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Комментарии • 76

  • @m.vonhollen6673
    @m.vonhollen6673 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great stuff! Any serious musician needs to be able to write out all 15 key signatures, without hesitation. There’s 12 notes so there’s really only 12 keys but C#=Db, Cb=B, and Gb=F#; so those 3 keys have 2 names (as they are ENHARMONIC).- You have to get so down with it that if I say “b7 in the key of A?”, you immediately know it’s G. Waste no time! It’s doable and essential. Also be able to name any note on the neck, without hesitation.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +3

      YES!!! Totally. You got it. 100% Thanks for putting it so well.

  • @HigherPlanes
    @HigherPlanes 5 месяцев назад +3

    I'll admit I had doubts... I was thinking, "not another circle of 5ths video." but this proved to be very helpful. Kudos, my dude.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks! There’s too many of those circle videos. This gets to the meat of the matter. And thanks for checking it out.

  • @PJ-ee5mc
    @PJ-ee5mc 5 месяцев назад +1

    I am so glad that I discovered you! This a very good lesson and your delivery of this information was spot on. Please keep do what you are doing and know that you are making a positive difference.

  • @GuitarQuackery
    @GuitarQuackery 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you, again, for another great instructional video.

  • @PJ-ee5mc
    @PJ-ee5mc 5 месяцев назад +2

    I am so glad that I discovered you! This a very good lesson and your delivery of this information was spot on.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +3

      I’m glad you found it helpful. And thanks for the Super!!! You rock!

  • @Andysumm555
    @Andysumm555 5 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, every day is a school day ! I see you get BEADGCF in the sharps as well. Thank you for explaining this.

  • @MazRixx
    @MazRixx 5 месяцев назад +3

    Good lesson great way to look at this. Seeing the Circle of 5ths in the clock like diagram is a big help too.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Now the circle makes more sense now, right? Thanks for watching!

  • @jeffereyjimenez6439
    @jeffereyjimenez6439 5 месяцев назад +3

    Please, do the other shapes and demonstrate how to connect chord changes with all this. Great video!

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks Jeffery. Just to clarify, what do you mean by shapes?

  • @smhill27
    @smhill27 5 месяцев назад +1

    Good stuff!! Thank you for sharing.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely! Feel free to poke around the channel to see what else you may find helpful learning music, especially jazz.

  • @BobHutchins
    @BobHutchins 4 месяца назад +1

    Finally this is starting to make sense. Thanks!

  • @mattg629
    @mattg629 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is a great! Thx!

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for leaving a comment. I’ve got a bunch of lessons on my channel you might be interested.
      www.youtube.com/@JazzRockswithAdam

  • @user-oe8xk2te5z
    @user-oe8xk2te5z 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very good way of looking at 4ths & 5ths! Also impressed with your ability to work from top and bottom with an almost perfect fit in the mid... :)

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Ha!! Thanks. I got really lucky. Thanks for watching.

  • @edcrutchfield3447
    @edcrutchfield3447 4 месяца назад +1

    Man if there is a music heaven your going there!🎸thank you for your valuable teaching and patience. You nailed a very difficult subject. Thank you 😁🎸. By the way , how to draw a flat❤️. I/2 a heart 👍

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks Ed! Feel free to check out some of my other many videos while you’re here.

  • @dwaynehendricks7842
    @dwaynehendricks7842 4 месяца назад +1

    Yea, it's as clear as mud!

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      I don’t know how I can be any clearer. What parts do you not understand? Let me help you.

  • @PaulGill369
    @PaulGill369 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you

  • @jeffro.
    @jeffro. 4 месяца назад +1

    The formula for Major scale is easier, at least for me, to remember 2 bits or segments (i know there's a word for it) of W, W, H that are joined together by a W.
    That way, it's symmetrical.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      You’re thinking of tetrachords. But you are correct.

  • @deandee8082
    @deandee8082 5 месяцев назад +1

    must be for piano, seems different on guitar, I just watched a video of a guy using the notes all on a fretboard it seemed different, he wasn't using the 4th note each time he started over he just used the next note in sequence was it? of course I cannot find the bookmark..

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      It’s not instrument specific. This is information that can be used on any instrument. Apply it to guitar by cycling through in 4ths and 5ths, one new string each day. You’ll remember the cycle if you practice the order of sharps and flats and how to remember it as I talk about in the lesson.

  • @micheldindaine8403
    @micheldindaine8403 4 месяца назад +1

    one can add that the interval btwn the 4th degree and the 7th degree form the tritone that confirme wich key you are in.
    Those mouvements of 4th and 7th set a new tritone each time therefore a new key.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely! Yet another way to look at things. Thanks for the comment.

  • @rachibilandi4760
    @rachibilandi4760 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is one of great lessons masters don’t share.

  • @danhusband6154
    @danhusband6154 4 месяца назад +1

    Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father for flats / Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle for sharps

  • @georget7028
    @georget7028 5 месяцев назад +1

    You can't get flats if you go from C to D etc. You get sharps. On the other hand if you go from C to B etc. You get frats.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      B Major has 5 sharps. Unless there’s a joke in there I’m not getting.

  • @lunartunes4651
    @lunartunes4651 5 месяцев назад +1

    Once you got this learned how long did it take you to learn the location of the notes on the neck? How did you learn it well enough to have immediate recall to aid in improv

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      First off, thanks for watching.
      By having to find notes to play chords, scales, improvising, and especially reading music, you simply know the fretboard having to locate all the right notes.
      But there are some things that you can do to shore up grey areas or speed up the process. I have a running 10 Challenge to learn your fretboard you may want to check out. Here’s the video:
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      Totally free and you’ll automatically be emailed a new lesson each day to work on learning your fretboard.

    • @lunartunes4651
      @lunartunes4651 5 месяцев назад +1

      I am a huge fan. I don’t know how I missed that opportunity. I just signed up. Thanks so much for your help.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lunartunes4651 No problem!

    • @mikga45
      @mikga45 5 месяцев назад +1

      I understand it, but hurts my head just thinking about it. Learning one line or 2 not a problem. I'm 65 years old and this as a whole is over my head. I appreciate the effort you made to lay this out for everyone.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@mikga45 I can understand that if any theory is new to you. But I would not give up if I were you. Pick one new string every day and play all the scales in order on that string: adding one flat each time or and one sharp each time like I taught you. You’ll learn it by applying it, doing it rather than only thinking through it.

  • @jeffro.
    @jeffro. 4 месяца назад +1

    It might be more clear if i could actually read the whiteboard on my phone.
    Maybe if i was watching this on my laptop i could see it better, but most videos i watch on my phone.
    No, there is no Cb.
    You never explained why moving in 4ths.
    This is all confusing to me. I've learned SO MUCH theory, but the circle of 5ths (or 4ths) seems too complicated to remember.
    Don't get me wrong, in can use it for all kinds of things, (seeing the I, IV, V, etc, the relative minor/ Major, all sorts of things...), but I can't remember the actual order of the letters.
    Yeah, I can figure a lot out, cuz I know all the notes of all the chords.
    And, when reading music I can figure out the key by using that stupid circle by counting sharps going clockwise and flats going counter-clockwise (from the top).
    But I just can't remember the stupid circle!
    And I can't count in 5ths (or 4ths)!
    I guess I have a mental block when it comes to that confounded "cycle."

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      There most certainly is a Cb. It’s a real thing. It can be anywhere, but most notably in the keys of Gb and Cb.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  4 месяца назад +1

      …did you try holding your phone in landscape position?

  • @GuitarJams-zs7yf
    @GuitarJams-zs7yf 5 месяцев назад +1

    It sound like you are saying tho practice your scales in notes and not in patterns. If so then can you explain how to practice in notes? I always easily go to patterns.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      I think the best way to start is up and down each string first, starting on the lowest note in the scale on each string. It doesn’t have to be always the root. And yes, think note names, not patterns.

  • @yoheff988
    @yoheff988 5 месяцев назад +1

    excellent explanation! I was wondering if you have some kind of a technique to memorize those formulas on a fly?
    What I mean is: I met musicians that are able to spell out every scale with the notes telling you what notes are flats and sharps instantly without pausing for a moment, would love to be able to do that, needless to say that I'm always thing and calculatings in order for me to do so.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! There’s only one formula for a major scale. The best way to learn the scales is practice them in the order of flats and sharps because it forces you to learn the notes in them. As long as you practice them all from memory and not looking at a cheat-sheet of some kind. Just follow the concepts I laid out in the video, you’ll be fine.

  •  5 месяцев назад

    357 AWE

  • @renanxavier6826
    @renanxavier6826 17 дней назад +1

    With all due respect, in my opinion, there is a much better way to learn about the harmonic field. This technique, developed by Johann Sebastian Bach, is highly underrated but is more efficient than any other method. I have a sample of it on my channel.

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  17 дней назад +1

      @@renanxavier6826 I’ll check it out. This is designed for the person who is confused about the Circle of 4ths/5ths laying out everything to see that the circle is missing. I’m guessing maybe you didn’t watch it? Maybe you did..

  • @B3-R
    @B3-R 5 месяцев назад +1

    I see the forth step: D flat had six flats you wrote 5 flats , or not?

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      Db does have 5 flats. Yes. Gb has 6b.

    • @B3-R
      @B3-R 5 месяцев назад +1

      I see why because continuing to the next is there a D flat marked, this belongs to the next, it's absolutely clear👍 Thanks

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@B3-R Glad everything makes sense for you now!

    • @B3-R
      @B3-R 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@JazzRockswithAdam yes, thanks

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@B3-R Absolutely!

  • @brettrhea9179
    @brettrhea9179 5 месяцев назад +1

    Dropping a line

  • @user-jb4ei8hi7n
    @user-jb4ei8hi7n 5 месяцев назад +1

    Why the hat ?

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +2

      I always wear a hat! 😀

    • @user-jb4ei8hi7n
      @user-jb4ei8hi7n 5 месяцев назад +1

      Indoors ?@@JazzRockswithAdam

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@user-jb4ei8hi7n on gigs…yes.

    • @user-jb4ei8hi7n
      @user-jb4ei8hi7n 5 месяцев назад +1

      Just wondered, I have a couple of hats but only wear them outdoors on sunny days, to keep the sun of my bald head, good luck with your channel@@JazzRockswithAdam

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад

      @@user-jb4ei8hi7n Thanks! I have quite a few.

  • @rocker8692
    @rocker8692 5 месяцев назад +1

    I hate jazz

    • @JazzRockswithAdam
      @JazzRockswithAdam  5 месяцев назад +2

      Too bad. But what has that got to do with scales and key signatures? Just basic music stuff…