The circle of fith is such a powerful tool. In this video we get to know its structure. So working on with its help will be a fantasic experience, no matter how difficult tasks might appear. Promised!!!

Regarding major scales from this point of view is awesome. It has never been easier to create a scale and after having seen this video, you will ask yourself, why you have never been done it before like this.

On thre flat side of the circle of fifth it´s just as simple as on the sharp side. F major, Bb major, Eb major, Ab major, Db major and Gb major or ......as a wise man said: "b or not to b" ;))

Breaking the boarders between the flat and sharp side of the circle of fifths might be a little bit challenging regarding major scales like B, F# or Gb. But with the content of this video, it’s getting easy for you to use this scales just like any others. And we´re going even further…

The way we look upon the circle of fifths now allows us, to do crazy things, that we probably wouldn’t work with in real life. But it proves, that the way we work with, is right and all major scales work. Even those wich does not appear in the circle of fifths can be assembled by us easily. Stress?…..not really anymore!!!

While following our key signatures it’s getting time to have a look on staff paper. Reading and writing music is, what musicians connects to another. After this video, you will be able to recognize every key, the song you’re about to play is written in.

Now as we´re getting more into staff reading and writing, let’s check out, where notes and octaves are located. This does not take too long.

Chords,  so much more than just notes. 2, 3, 4 or even more notes sound simultaneously. We start with triads and will find out, that, although we´re in a „major scale“ it contains major, minor and diminished chords. Count semitone steps, now called intervals , and see, how it works.

Changing the key and so also the key signature we take, as an example for the # side of the circle of fifth, the key of E major. Here it’s plain to see, that the complete structure in the scale stays the same as it was in C major, just the name of the triads has to be changed. Have fun!!!

Just the same as on the sharp side, you see, that due to the key signature all names of our triads and their including notes fit into Eb. Use the template, to check out, if all other major scales on the flat side work out for you.

While notes in a scale are plain to see in the circle of fifths, tones in triads like major, minor and diminished should do also. …..In fact, they do!!! Here is how it works. There is an exercise coming with this video so that you will get used to them just like nothing.

We are getting more into music with this one here. Turning triads into quads makes it sound much „worthier“. Add a seventh degree to the triad and ….that´s it. This video does come with an audio, as well.

Getting into real music now, we get to know the first, so called, 4 chord songs. See how to find them all around the circle of fifth ant look at it from a new point of view.

Chord inversions transfer theory into real life and your rehearsal situation. They sound cool and now it makes sense to talk about arrangement while playing together. See, how it works. Think of triads and quads also as arrangement for backing vocals. See the attachment!!!

At this point we reach another level regarding scales. For the first time we are leaving the major scale and turn it into the natural minor, the aeolian, scale. It comes with a new formula to make it work with every key signature.

Obviously there are scales, that we love to hear, but for some reason, they don´t fit in our minor scale as we know it. See what happens to turn natural minor into harmonic minor and check out your sombreros;))) .....and listen to the audios coming with this unit. Especially the chords sound "jazzy".

As harmonic minor tears the sixth and seventh degree apart, we have now the opportunity to bring it back on a normal track. The result is called melodic minor, and this is what it’s like. And....look in the download area. There is a PDF document, that shows how triads and quads can be written in "real live".

The last combination in minor scales regarding degrees 5 and 6 is the dorian scale. It builds a perfect bridge to the upcoming modal system. You might have heard these chords already.

Getting into the modal system is neither dangerous nor complicated. We already are familiar with degrees in a major scale and this is all it takes, we just introduce a couple of new names for them.

Getting into the modal system it is important to realise from which point of view we are looking on what. Thinking in chords while realising the scale brings clarity to modes like dorian, lydian and all the other ones.

Compare the sounds of each bar with the stuff paper and get the experience, how stuff sounds like and grooves look like. Enjoy.