The Circle of Fifths for SONGWRITING

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 2 года назад +137

    One of the clearest explanations of modes in the Circle of Fifths. As a beginner, I really appreciate this.
    There are several channels that try to explain things but they expect a higher understanding of music theory or technical ability. That is a real art. Merci beaucoup.

  • @tres913
    @tres913 Год назад +71

    Your graphics are absolutely killer! They demonstrate everything you say and leave nothing to the imagination. Just brilliant.

    • @Calatriste54
      @Calatriste54 Год назад +1

      Bravo, heartily agreed..

    • @twheeler1980
      @twheeler1980 6 месяцев назад +1

      Soooo many screenshots! Lol.

  • @createlovehappy
    @createlovehappy День назад

    Love the graphic representation. I’m a visual learner so this helps a lot

  • @davidmorris3175
    @davidmorris3175 2 года назад +18

    instant sub! I actually had my jaw drop in real life when I saw the animations. That made more sense than it has since day one. THIS is how you explain theory.

  • @youtubetactical4482
    @youtubetactical4482 Год назад +8

    Best video has done more to unlock the guitar for me than anything I've read or watched in the last 2 decades . Thank you Mike.

  • @NousSpeak
    @NousSpeak 10 месяцев назад +3

    This is the clearest explanation I've ever encountered of this! Thank you so much!

  • @RawRepiCfaiL1
    @RawRepiCfaiL1 Год назад +5

    this was by far the best explanation of the circle of 5ths i've heard, prior to this I had a vague sense of relatedness between chords but didn't really understand the underlying mechanics of that.

  • @UnforgivingEnd
    @UnforgivingEnd 6 месяцев назад +15

    This is a text-book video for any TEACHER that wants to learn how to teach.
    People who can explain the theory are a dime a dozen, but someone who can cook it down to something that also visually interesting and simple to follow - is rare to come across.

  • @Gares.
    @Gares. Год назад +12

    This might be the best Circle of Fifths tutorial video yet! Incredibly helpful with the visualization it presents.

  • @DrChaad
    @DrChaad Год назад +24

    Thank you for the intensive graphics and well-placed audio samples to accompany your clear and succinct narration.

  • @agatasoda
    @agatasoda 2 года назад +165

    If this was taught to me this back when I start learning music I might have become the professional musician my guitar teacher imagined me being.

  • @joemichael3414
    @joemichael3414 Год назад +2

    I've been playing guitar again for over 2 years. I'm 46 years old and I love the blues, and I can riff with pretty good. But, until this video that I found by luck, now I can honestly say, "Thank You Sir!" I understand the circle now thanks 2 you!

  • @edwardlambert7445
    @edwardlambert7445 2 года назад +7

    Of all the videos i've watch re: chord progressions/music theory this is by far the best. Thanks for posting

  • @ranmanfl5597
    @ranmanfl5597 8 месяцев назад +5

    MG this is pure genius, the greatest instructional music video on RUclips. this could be a TED Talk. you have deciphered the code that leads to pure joy. many thousand thanks

  • @wanderstrings
    @wanderstrings 2 месяца назад +1

    Brilliant, no-frills and no ego.
    Thank you for sharing this

  • @VicSarjoo
    @VicSarjoo Год назад +3

    This is the most lucid and brilliant explanation of the formerly enigmatic COF. Most videos spit jargon. This is actual understanding. With clear graphics. You ROCK! Yakmala!

  • @yung_marion_brown
    @yung_marion_brown 4 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for this! Super clear & helpful

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688 2 года назад +6

    Great lesson...love the "palette" analogy! Love the Pachelbel Progression..I m practicing it in all keys on the piano..If Pachelbel only knew how famous he became! He died in 1706...the year Benj. Franklin was born!

  • @JesseGreenwood-h1o
    @JesseGreenwood-h1o 3 месяца назад +2

    FFFFF####!!!!G GLORIOUS!!!! I love systems that let you grasp whole concepts in one go, especially intersectional ones like this....bravo!!!! ❤❤❤😊😊😊

  • @AnthonyCarrier
    @AnthonyCarrier Год назад +4

    The circle of 5ths is the periodic table of elements to the informed or seeking musician in music...!

  • @ozboomer_au
    @ozboomer_au Год назад +2

    I've loved the Circle of Fifths for decades.. and your videos have been more than helpful in helping me to (re-)discover the uses for it.
    I'm glad you explained why you used the A Major chord in the Aeolian mode version of the 'Pachelbel' progression. as I *did* expect the A Minor there.
    ...but looking at the modes through 'the circle' is something I hadn't thought about for building progressions. Most helpful. Fanx! for posting :)

  • @oscaroscar7904
    @oscaroscar7904 День назад

    This is the only video that iv seen the circle of fifths with tabs for chords which is very helpful i do wish someone could put the circle with tabs in the discription or something but iv started to use this alot recently after knowing about it for a year

  • @mikemahin
    @mikemahin 15 дней назад

    Oh my God. This is the best channel to learn music theory. Thank you very much.

  • @aaronmiller2877
    @aaronmiller2877 15 дней назад

    Holy shit, man. This is the best (and easiest to understand) explanation of modes I've ever seen. I'm glad I came across this video. Thanks for the great content.

  • @bonwana2275
    @bonwana2275 Год назад +2

    The best description I have seen!! Awesome. Thankyou 🎉

  • @jonmurph589
    @jonmurph589 Год назад

    It's amazing the difference a good teacher makes. I've tried to get my head around this a few times without much success.... Until now.
    Thank you for sharing,.

  • @aslamahmed2564
    @aslamahmed2564 10 месяцев назад

    Dear Mike, your theory explination is outrageois and fantastically very well laid out to eye and mind, just to understand how music theory actually functions. Watching your vidao channel is a great pleasure. Somehow every thing made sense to me when I watched your video a couple of times. I like and appriate your method of tutoral teaching. Especially for the beginners like me.

  • @ldmassey
    @ldmassey 5 месяцев назад

    This is a great video. I almost didn't click it because piano is my main instrument, but glad I did because I've played and composed for almost 2 decades and have tried to understand and embrace the CoF many times but have never understood it's purpose or had the confidence to use it properly until now. Something about the way you explain it just finally clicked for me, I feel like a light came on and a door opened. I'm so excited to get home and sit at my piano now. Thank you so much, and I'm definitely subscribing now.

  • @leftofcenter4
    @leftofcenter4 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thumbs up and I subscribed. Been in music for decades and knew about the Cof5 but never completely committed to learning it in and out.. a very ingenious music theory tool.

  • @luclefrancois7914
    @luclefrancois7914 Месяц назад

    Les explications sont si claires, le cercle est une information totalement indispensable même pour un vieux gratteur de guitare. Merci

  • @Super__Goliath
    @Super__Goliath Год назад

    I've never played keys in my life and only took a brief, single semester guitar class in high school, which I failed. After a few videos and several hours just banging around on my midi controller, I feel like I am able to actually play. I even found a few basic progressions to existing songs just by listening for them and knowing now what chords look like and how they interact. Thank you for this video

  • @gloryrow100
    @gloryrow100 Год назад +1

    I wish I could have heard you explain this 50 years ago! Thank You!

  • @MaduroMan
    @MaduroMan Год назад

    I recently purchased The Chord Wheel by Jim Fleser and used this video to help learn how to use it. Thanks for a clear cut explanation without all the music mumbo jumbo.

  • @michaelromanelli3437
    @michaelromanelli3437 Год назад

    Well done Mike, Took classical lessons as a kid and never delved big into the theory of the circle of fifths, just understood it as the trip up through the sharps and down through the flats. This tutorial makes it so easy to understand their relationships for song writing, or be able to listen to any song and recognizing the different modes or progressions used. Very cool.

  • @leaovulcao
    @leaovulcao 18 дней назад

    I am learning visually with colorful presentation. You are the best!🎉

  • @jonathancook7152
    @jonathancook7152 Год назад

    This is the clearest explanation I have ever found on circle of 5ths. Amazing graphics too. Merci buckets!

  • @jamesadamson9740
    @jamesadamson9740 3 месяца назад

    Thank you so much. The circle of fifths is now no longer a chart that reminds me of school and maths but an exciting place to help me create the sounds I want to create.

  • @JoakimForysund
    @JoakimForysund Год назад

    This has got to be the best of the best explanations I have seen. Thanks!

  • @tonycameron5596
    @tonycameron5596 Год назад

    A really fabulous explanation of the circle of 5ths, and modes, Mike. Thanks a ton.

  • @Zayskibop
    @Zayskibop Год назад

    This is beautifully crafted, such a great way to focus on music from the beginning and not waste time. This is years of confusion, wrapped into a 15 minute all you ever need..

  • @theshirehighlander7292
    @theshirehighlander7292 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for taking time to explain everything there is to know about this.

  • @Cowboy1Brian
    @Cowboy1Brian 5 месяцев назад +3

    holy shit. Ive been playing for 38 years and I never knew any of this. I feel like rage quitting. this will literally change my life (of playing), should I decide to go on 🤣🤣

  • @BarryElwyn123
    @BarryElwyn123 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very good. Nice flow of information. Good graphics.

  • @johnmatthews8639
    @johnmatthews8639 3 месяца назад

    I think I've been watching for....a year and a half now Love you

  • @ChrisGrider-rv8ry
    @ChrisGrider-rv8ry 4 месяца назад

    Thank you. Eye opener!

  • @lucaskeel
    @lucaskeel 10 месяцев назад

    Komplexe Materie einfach erklärt und vor allem gut visualisiert, merci

  • @leonardotorquato1891
    @leonardotorquato1891 Год назад

    hello mike, never heard of your YT channel before. this must be the 20th video i watch to try and understand the circle of fifths, im not even halfway through and its making incredible sense to me for the first time on how it works. im subscribing rn, great work my bro!

  • @clementcomes1516
    @clementcomes1516 2 года назад +5

    Great lesson as always.
    You definitly deserve a fast growing channel! Thank you.

  • @gunnarsteinngunnarsson4521
    @gunnarsteinngunnarsson4521 Год назад

    This is one of the better explanations of the circle of 5ths that I have seen. Thanks for this

  • @MennaBusiness-w9t
    @MennaBusiness-w9t 5 месяцев назад

    literally, it is everything

  • @MouridEnglish
    @MouridEnglish 4 месяца назад

    This is a WAAAAW explanation of the circle of fifths. Thank you so much!!! Cheers from Morocco!

  • @billhasty5197
    @billhasty5197 2 года назад +4

    Very well done. Loved it.

  • @gravebeast9752
    @gravebeast9752 2 месяца назад

    This is a genius explanation

  • @Klight14
    @Klight14 Год назад

    this explanation helps me a lot. I now understand more about the transposition of chods of a song from different octaves. tnx sir Mike

  • @drummermomcjs
    @drummermomcjs Год назад

    Very helpful, thank you. The moving template that outlines the diatonic chords and how to use it to change chord progressions like you did with Pacabel's was particularly useful.

  • @1234mikeirving
    @1234mikeirving 28 дней назад

    Wonderful explanation!

  • @LEIFanevret
    @LEIFanevret 10 месяцев назад

    Wow! Yes! Finally thanks a lot for showing it in a best possible way🙋🎸

  • @katherinehansen5801
    @katherinehansen5801 10 месяцев назад

    My mind Is blown ! ❤

  • @its.Kadeem
    @its.Kadeem 2 месяца назад

    Exactly what I needed! Thank you

  • @DirgeMcElvoy
    @DirgeMcElvoy Год назад

    The best explanation I have ever seen.

  • @pw7532
    @pw7532 Год назад +1

    If you're wondering what that sound was, it was me shouting "Eureka..." in Ionian mode !
    Great explanation. Thanks Mike, I finally get the Circle of Fifths... 🎉

  • @antenehgetachew9950
    @antenehgetachew9950 Год назад +1

    Thank you. God bless you

    • @cuber759
      @cuber759 10 месяцев назад +1

      God bless you!!! Love to see your music journey

  • @professorRumi
    @professorRumi Год назад

    Excellent and so useful . It puts everything in perspective.

  • @jameslabs1
    @jameslabs1 Год назад

    Very Helpful, and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks

  • @charlesarmstrong5292
    @charlesarmstrong5292 Год назад

    An excellent explanation. So well put together. Thank you!!

  • @BruïnGebakken
    @BruïnGebakken 2 года назад

    You're a brilliant and gifted music teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @manishpaul26
    @manishpaul26 3 месяца назад

    Amazingly explained!

  • @WallerPictures
    @WallerPictures 2 месяца назад

    Incredible work, man. Really impressive. Thanx.

  • @geoffhead111
    @geoffhead111 3 месяца назад

    awe inspiring lesson man, im impressed

  • @TheMusicLab-p5f
    @TheMusicLab-p5f 5 месяцев назад

    Damn no words mike. I wasted so much money on music theory lessons. But this video is a blessing. you
    are a real Dr.Practical this will help me so much brother. Thank you keep doing what you do.

  • @FrixosMariosGeralis
    @FrixosMariosGeralis 10 месяцев назад

    THANK YOU FROM OUR HEARTHS BRO !!! SIMPLE AND AWESOME LESSONS

  • @traegermethod3802
    @traegermethod3802 11 месяцев назад

    Brilliant teaching. thank you.

  • @Johnworksdaily
    @Johnworksdaily 10 месяцев назад

    This is a really great explanation of the circle of fifths. Very helpful, Thanks!

  • @elom44
    @elom44 Год назад

    This all made perfect sense - thank you!

  • @ericknudten7272
    @ericknudten7272 11 месяцев назад

    This is pure gold. Thank you!

  • @pabloespinoza3733
    @pabloespinoza3733 Год назад

    Incredible explanation

  • @jackythailand
    @jackythailand Месяц назад

    Great Teacher , Thank you so much for knowledgeable

  • @steviek6484
    @steviek6484 3 месяца назад

    Love the diagrams going to have to grab that

  • @anime_fan6748
    @anime_fan6748 2 года назад

    You js helped me learn how to write a song, I needed to learn how to write a melody n what chords I’m on a learn I’ve always been stuck when it came to figuring out chords bc I’ve never knew about the circle of fifths until today which is really helpful you explain this so well and now I can song write for my school band n I could now understand my guitar more rather than just knowing “oh it js sounds write bc it music I mean idk how to make it myself all I know is that it sounds like music” but now I can make sense of it and have more creative liberties when it comes to understanding how to do that (new sub btw)

  • @jwegreyhounds
    @jwegreyhounds 2 месяца назад

    Thank you George!👏👍

  • @genegleckner2732
    @genegleckner2732 7 месяцев назад

    Wow , that was so good ! I need to find a chart like that , that is so useful , thank you

  • @GaryBook
    @GaryBook 2 года назад +2

    You do great work. Thank you.

  • @michelsomville3209
    @michelsomville3209 7 месяцев назад

    So cool for transposing!

  • @DCford-eu4nm
    @DCford-eu4nm Месяц назад

    Thanks for this video brother.

  • @murdrra
    @murdrra Год назад

    You are a music genius

  • @bobroberts8264
    @bobroberts8264 18 дней назад

    Super helpful video man, theory can be so Complicated, would love a vid on some more advanced techniques??

  • @daletwin1
    @daletwin1 Год назад

    Very helpful information for songwriting.

  • @glennbeer6978
    @glennbeer6978 Год назад

    thanks ever so much very clear explanation. understand alot more. fantastic content.

  • @christopherhawthorne5395
    @christopherhawthorne5395 Год назад

    As others have said - great illustrations

  • @invisigoth777
    @invisigoth777 7 месяцев назад

    Impressive.. it gave me ideas where i never knew to go

  • @Nukphonik
    @Nukphonik 4 месяца назад

    Wow! very cool. explained so well

  • @ebolds4918
    @ebolds4918 3 месяца назад

    This explanation is super helpful 👍🏽

  • @robert-wr6md
    @robert-wr6md 3 месяца назад

    That was incredible, phew thats so helpful.

  • @Devin-ul4ho
    @Devin-ul4ho 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this video. This was so informative

  • @Capt_Ron
    @Capt_Ron Год назад +1

    Awesome! Thank you 😃

  • @margaretmcglynn5077
    @margaretmcglynn5077 3 месяца назад

    Your content is amazing. You're like the Carl Sagan/Neil DeGrasse Tyson of music. Gives me that sci-fi sense of wonder feelin, except for music. Thanks for posting this and for all you do. Applying the guitar stickers to my Fender Strat today. Hoping to learn the fretboard so I can sight-read.

  • @bulexmediapro3317
    @bulexmediapro3317 7 месяцев назад

    You got yourself a sub!Great video with visuals🙏🏾. Perfectly explained

  • @daftstuff6406
    @daftstuff6406 Год назад

    thank you for your great explanation of this

  • @Lee-zn3qy
    @Lee-zn3qy Год назад

    thank you so much! i was so stucked what the hell is key about and now i've got it haha Bless you and happy new year!

  • @THE_WOAT
    @THE_WOAT Год назад

    Great explanation...excellent graphics. Be great to have that on a phone app.