[Dixielandjazz] Circle of 5ths

[Phil O'Rourke]

John

My understanding is it goes (anti clockwise is how I know some of it)
C->F->Bb->Eb->Ab-> Db etc

So using semitones (both black and white pianp keys) you would have
C,Db,D,Eb,E,F  five keys between C and F
or
F, Gb,G,Ab,A,Bb
ETC.

To the best of my knowledge this is the reason it is called the "Circle of
Fifths"

Phil O'Rourke
Tenor Washboard
Australia



> If I have understood this term correctly it means the harmonic sequence
> where, for instance, C7 resolves to F, F7 to Bb, Bb7 to Eb and so on
> eventually returning to the starting point. What I do not understand is
why
> is it known as a circle of fifths when the intervals concerned are
fourths -
> F is the fourth of C etc. etc.
>
> Or have I got it completely wrong?
>
> John Farrell
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>
>
>
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