Circle of Fifths
THE CIRCLE
OF FIFTHS
The Circle of Fifths is a graphical
representation of major and
THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS IS A GRAPHICAL
minor key
signatures and their
REPRESENTATION OF MAJOR AND MINOR KEY
SIGNATURES
ANDeach
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
relationships to
other.
TO EACH OTHER.
MAJOR
C
F
B
G
D
minor
a
d
e
b
g
E
c
A
f
f
b/a
A
D/C
c
e/d
g
E
B
G/F
Choose your
clef
CHOOSE
YOUR
CLEF
MOVING CLOCKWISE AROUND
THE CIRCLE, EACH KEY (OR
IN THIS CASE, EACH COLOR)
IS AN ASCENDING FIFTH FROM
THE PREVIOUS KEY. MOVING
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, EACH
KEY IS AN ASCENDING FOURTH
FROM THE PREVIOUS KEY.
C
G
D
A
E
B
G /F
D /C
A
E
B
F
minor
a
e
b
f
c
g
e /d
b /a
f
c
g
d
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