Guitar Theory - Notes - Circle of fifths
OK...Today's topic- Guitar Theory - Notes - Circle of fifths.
BTW - I am just sharing my notes on this topic as I find it better for me to internalize ideas when I share them with others.
I also hope that these are worth sharing so others can use the ideas or at least start thinking about them on their own.
Link to the video:
https://youtu.be/tNlS6TAr5sM
Look at the diagram above. I will explain what it depicts.
Depicts Major chords. As you see the boxes next to each other are 4 notes apart or in other words the Fifth note in the scale is on the right (clockwise) from the note.
For example, the Fifth note on the scale of C is G and is on the right of C.
So on the C major scale, the 5th is the G major.
On the outer ring, the Major chord root and the corresponding 5th chords are all major Chords.
As you go around the circle doing it, you come back to C completing the circle.
On the inner ring, the Minor chord root and the corresponding 5th chords are all Minor Chords.
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Root + one on left i.e. 4th + one on right i.e. 5th
The Inner ring::
Depicts Minor chords.
Same concept for making the circle as stated above for the Outer/Major chords circle.
On the inner ring, the Minor chord root and the corresponding 5th chords are all Minor Chords.
As you go around the circle, starting below the C on Aminor, you come back to Am completing the circle.
Root + one on left i.e. 4th + one on right i.e. 5th
Usefulness / Highlight / Purpose:
If you are playing a song for example at a particular scale, the entire set of chords for the scale will use the above clusters of 6 boxes, i.e. 3 major and 3 minor together, or in other words choose any box or note here and the surrounding 5 boxes would be the chords in that key to be used this would give you 6 of the 7 notes on the full scale and the remaining seventh note is a Diminished chord.
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