Introduction to the Circle of Fifths

One may be per­plexed when first con­fronted with the cir­cle of fifths. To the unini­ti­ated it seems to be a strange musi­cal div­ina­tion tool. A spe­cialised chart that tells you when the notes are in har­mony. Well that’s not far off. The cir­cle of fifths is a visu­al­i­sa­tion of under­ly­ing key struc­tures in our musi­cal system. Let us start... »