Have you ever wondered why certain chords just seem to flow naturally from one to another? Or why some keys feel more “at home” together than others? It’s not magic—it’s the circle of fifths! As a music teacher, I’ve often seen students struggle with understanding key relationships, chord progressions, and the theory behind how music […]
Continue reading →The circle of fifths is a visual tool that demonstrates the geometric relationships between the twelve distinct pitches used in western music culture. These pitches can also be classified as members of the chromatic scale. A circle is an amazing tool to teach and to conceptualize musical ideas that would otherwise be terribly complicated. Before […]
Continue reading →In our first post we were talking about the names of notes, it’s placement on keyboard, Major scale construction method and how “Piano Companion” application can help you in memorising all these musical things. Today, we are going to discuss how to build a Minor scale using the same method as we used for a […]
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