Maybe to make the Circle a bit more clear to those w/ no idea what it means
0 C
1 F | G
2 Bb | D
3 Eb b | # A
4 Ab | E
5 Db | B
6 Gb,F#
Okay, imagine thats a circle. (or i know it's an rhombus but still your all creative, use your damn imagination! hehe) if you notice i put a number on the left of the circle. that's the number of sharps or flats that each row has. example in the key of C there are 0 sharps/flats. in the key of F there's 1 flat.. and in the key of G there's 1 sharp.. the sharp keys are the ones on the right side and the flat are on the left.. as i tried to divide above. the gb and the f# are the same note, but are used depending on the circumstance of the song. if you would rather use flats then Gb is used, or F# if you'd rahter use #'s. Okay now to how to actuallly read this thing..
First start with C, with no sharps or flats (the easy one to memorize)... next go clockwise to G.. look over to the left and you see a #1, and that the G is on the right side whieh means you'll have one sharp note in the key. here's where it might get alil tricky.. to find what note(s) are sharp you go to the the opposite side (the F) and that's your sharp note in the key of G.
Next go one more clockwise to D, you'll see that there's 2 sharps in this key so you start at the F again and go clockwise to find the C. this means F and C are both sharp in the key of D
and so on until you find that:
G - F#
D - F#, C#
A - F#, C#, G#
E - F#, C#, G#, D#
B - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#
F#- F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#
and yes i know E# is F, but this is to keep it all in # form.
next go to the flats which are just the opposite of the sharp side.
starting with F you look at the B (on row 5) to find the first flat note in this key. so Bb is the flat not ein the key of F..
next you go to Bb in which you start at B and then go counter-clockwise to E so the flats in this key are Bb and Eb. and so on again..
here's the flatted notes in each key..
F - Bb
Bb- Bb, Eb
Eb- Bb, Eb, Ab
Ab- Bb, Eb, Ab, Db
Db- Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb
Gb- Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb
I hope this helps you all in memorizing the circle of fifths somewhat easier than before.
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