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Old 05-02-2009, 02:13 PM
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Circle of Fifths question

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Ok, so I'm getting annoying with all these questions, I'm sure.

But hey, at least I'm enthusiast!

So, OnlyClave gave me a little homework assignment to transcribe the Major Scale in standard notation in all 12 keys.

As I was doing it, I got a little stumped. Not in writing it, but the eharmonic section.

When I'm going around in 5ths ( C, G, D, A, E, ect), do I stop at C # (7 O'clock)? And the same for going around in fourths, so I stop at Cb(5 O'clock)?
I ask because thats when you reach a full major scale of flats. So I'm wondering if its "standard" practice to Continue after C# to G# (from 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock) and then all the way back to C.

I've been practicing going all the way around the cycle of fifths, and fourths. From C - G - D....all the way to ...Bb - F - C, and then in reverse around the fourths.

Thanks again all. This site has really opened up things for me. Makes it alot easier compared to when I had to go to guitar shops and look through their 3-4 bass theory books (shuffled in with their 400 guitar theory books)



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Old 05-02-2009, 03:52 PM
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After C# is 'G# major' which begins to add double sharps (Fx) and there is no key signature for that.

Write out both F# major & Gb major, C# major & Db Major, Cb major & B major. They sound the same due to enharmonic equivalency but they have distinctly different notes.
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