http://www.euphonicremarks.com/2008/08/writers-block-will-destroy-us-all/ All things music for musicians, and music lovers Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:30:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.euphonicremarks.com/2008/08/writers-block-will-destroy-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Introduction to the Circle of Fifths | euphonicremarks.com Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:52:38 +0000 http://euphonicremarks.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-73 [...] So is that all you do with the cir­cle of fifths? Trans­pose things? Well the cir­cle is a tool pri­mar­ily for work­ing with rela­tion­ships between keys, but I find that it can be use­ful for inspir­ing chord pro­gres­sions. While it is not a har­monic tool, chords whose roots are near the cho­sen key do tend to sound bet­ter together. Fish­ing around in the gen­eral area of the key can some­times lead to novel and good sound­ing pro­gres­sions, and break writer’s block. [...] […] So is that all you do with the cir­cle of fifths? Trans­pose things? Well the cir­cle is a tool pri­mar­ily for work­ing with rela­tion­ships between keys, but I find that it can be use­ful for inspir­ing chord pro­gres­sions. While it is not a har­monic tool, chords whose roots are near the cho­sen key do tend to sound bet­ter together. Fish­ing around in the gen­eral area of the key can some­times lead to novel and good sound­ing pro­gres­sions, and break writer’s block. […]

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