The Circle Of Fifths

[ZenG]

 

[ZenG]

 

[ZenG]

 

[Drgonzonm]

Now I know why I have problems with the circle of fifths. My circle is counterclockwise,

 

[repoman]

Can this circle be drawn either way? I'm reading How to Play Piano Despite Years of Lessons and they have the circle going the other way in the book. In other words C at noon, G at 11, D at 10, A at 9, etc

 

[Drgonzonm]

Can this circle be drawn either way? I'm reading How to Play Piano Despite Years of Lessons and they have the circle going the other way in the book. In other words C at noon, G at 11, D at 10, A at 9, etc

of course, if you are in a class and the instructor says now let's go to the key, one key, clockwise, and yours is counter clockwise, you might be playing fourths rather than fifths, if you are a player then you will be out of key, welcome to the Joe Cocker club, if you are a musician, then you know rotate one key to left.

 

[mambo4]

The direction is of course arbitrary , the relationships work either way
but it is by far more common common to see sharps/5ths clock wise, flats/4ths counter clockwise
@repoman 's piano book is an anomaly.

 

[jchrisk1]

 

[JRA]

doesn't matter --- the direction! think "circle."