[nabs-l] Things for music

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

My suggestion is to just learn it.  While a graph might be helpful, it
is not necessary in order for you to learn the concepts, and if you
just memorize the concepts you'll have a better theoretical
understanding anyway than a sighted kid in your class who just looks
at the chart all the time.

Just like with the lines on a staff (Every good boy does fine for
treble, good boys do fine always for bass), there are little phrases
you can use to help you remember the order of sharps and flats going
around the circle of fifths.  The ones I learned were Cats Got Drunk
At Erny's Bar, and Beatles Eat and Drink Good crispy food.  Another
one that is good for flipping around both ways is Father Charles Goes
Down and Ends Battle, Battle Ends and down goes Charles's father.

If you know C major is at 12 O'clock, and the circle goes around by
fifths, then just go up a fifth to G, D, A, E, B, F-sharp, etc.

Hope this helps.

On 9/18/14, Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if NLS has the Circle of Fifths in the shape of
> a circle? My band teacher said he has a circle of fifths, and he
> also has a transposition sheet, hanging side by side.  Something
> like that, anyway.  Does anyone know what NLS has? I want to be
> able to easily find the key of a song, and find the amount of
> sharps and/or flats in the song.
>
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Kaiti