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hwarang76
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hwarang76
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10/01/2009 8:21 pm
this whole circle of fifths thing is really confusing???

It only applies to Ieolian (natural major) right?? If that is the case I'm having a much easier time just knowing the intervals and plugging them in as I count up the musical alphabet!!!

What confuses me is how you use the circle??? How do I know which keys use flats or sharps??

The order of sharps is F-C-G-D-A-E-B....that's seven

flats is the opposite B-E-A-D-G-C-F


but if you look at the circle it only has 12 positions and C/Am is zero..so what gives with that...again how do you use it. If you count clockwise when do you switch to flats??? Or for flats do you count the other way, ie counterclockwise. According to the post it says Cm has three flats, so does that mean for flats you are counting the other way.

To me it seems way easier to do by ear. Can someone please clarify??

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peace
Keith