[musictlk] The Circle of Fifths

Linda Mentink mentink at frontiernet.net
Wed Jul 9 00:16:03 UTC 2014


If you do that, your friend will only know about the flats. It's best 
to include the sharps as well. Do what makes sense to you.
At 06:26 PM 7/8/2014, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>So when I write out Linda's list for my friend, would it be best to 
>write the scales in order of how many flats?
>If that makes any sense
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
>To: Marissa Tejeda <marissat789 at gmail.com>, Music Talk Mailing List 
><musictlk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 19:17:27 -0400
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] The Circle of Fifths
>
>Hi all,
>
>One important thing to remember is that the circle of fifths is meant
>to be a circle.  What would be really helpful is if you could have a
>tactile image of it made with the keys written in appropriate places
>on the circle, like the numbers on the face of a clock.  12:00 would
>be your C major, with no sharps or flats.  Each time you go clockwise
>around the circle, you add a sharp.  Each time you go
>counter-clockwise, you add a flat.  You have to switch once you hit
>C-sharp when going counter-clockwise to flats.  I hope this helps.
>Linda's list is very helpful for spelling out the keys, but the circle
>will really help you to learn the relationships between the keys
>rather than just what notes are in each diatonic scale.
>
>On 7/8/14, Marissa Tejeda via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>Yes, the key of c is my preferable key as well.
>I can do key of g on the occation and the key of f, but that's
>about it.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>From: Lauren Merryfield via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>To: "'Linda Mentink'" <mentink at frontiernet.net>,"'Music Talk
>Mailing List'" <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 15:18:48 -0700
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] The Circle of Fifths
>
>Hi,
>This listing is really helpful to me also.  I tend to play mostly
>in the key
>of C because I haven't memorized all of the sharps and flats; I
>just know
>some of them.  So thanks for providing this list!
>Lauren
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Linda
>Mentink via musictlk
>Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 12:18 PM
>To: Marissa Tejeda; Music Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] The Circle of Fifths
>
>Hi Marissa,
>
>This doesn't make sense to me.  Since we don't have a copy of the
>document
>you refer to, it's impossible for us to help you with the reading
>of said
>document.
>
>The circle of fifths is as follows:
>
>The keys are, going up for the sharps: C, G, D, A, E, B, F-Sharp,
>C-Sharp.
>
>Going down for the flats: C, F, B-Flat, E-Flat, A-Flat, D-Flat,
>G-Flat,
>C-Flat.
>
>The C scale is as you said.
>The G scale is G, A, B, C, D, E, F-Sharp, G.
>The D scale is D, E, F-Sharp, G, A, B, C-Sharp, D.
>The A scale is A, B, C-Sharp, D, E, F-Sharp, G-Sharp, A.
>The E scale is E, F-Sharp, G-Sharp, A, B, C-Sharp, D-Sharp, E.
>The B scale is B, C-Sharp, D-Sharp, E, F-Sharp, G-Sharp, A-Sharp,
>B.
>The F-Sharp scale is F-Sharp, G-Sharp, A-sharp, B, C-Sharp,
>D-Sharp,
>E-Sharp, F-Sharp.
>The C-Sharp scale is C-Sharp, D-Sharp, E-Sharp, F-Sharp, G-Sharp,
>A-Sharp,
>B-Sharp, C-Sharp.
>
>The F scale is F, G, A, B-Flat, C, D, E, F.
>The B-Flat scale is B-Flat, C, D, E-Flat, F, G, A, B-Flat.
>The  E-Flat scale is E-Flat, F, G, A-Flat, B-Flat, C, D, E-Flat.
>The A-Flat scale is a-Flat, B-Flat, C, D-Flat, E-Flat, F, G,
>A-Flat.
>The D-Flat scale is D-Flat, E-Flat, F, G-Flat, A-Flat, B-Flat, C,
>D-Flat.
>The G-Flat scale is G-Flat, A-Flat, B-Flat, C-flat, D-Flat,
>E-Flat, F,
>G-Flat.
>The C-Flat scale is C-Flat, D-Flat, E-Flat, F-Flat, G-Flat,
>A-Flat, B-Flat,
>C-Flat.
>
>
>The key signatures are: C, no sharps or flats; G, one sharp; D,
>two
>sharps; A, three sharps; E, four sharps; B, five sharps; F-Sharp,
>six
>sharps; C-Sharp, seven sharps; F, one flat; B-Flat, two flats;
>E-Flat, three flats; A-Flat, four flats; D-Flat, five flats;
>G-Flat,
>six flats; C-Flat, seven flats.
>
>
>
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