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Postby Threadkiller » Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:18 pm

guys, ive been playin guitar for over a year now, i taught meself, and i know nothing of music theory and stuff, i only picked up the axe and started playin tabs and stuff, till like a month ago i learned some of the chords..... i heard about the cirle of fifths... what exacly are these??? whjat are they for? how so i use them?
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby Meinas » Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:18 pm

scale construction...very interesting stuff....I learned it last year and I can barely remember anything of it now (I didn't practice it a lot)...give me a day or two to remember
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby eno » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:17 am

Heres a link which will explain it

http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m10865/latest/

Its nothing difficult ... just the relationship between cords ;D
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby Politically Incorrect » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:06 am

The "Circle of Fifths" are a evil group of people that live deep in the thickets of the Appalacian Mountains. The hold Satanic rituals on the Eve of Halloween and on days of the Full Moon.
They too carry axes but not for music .
Oh sorry your talking about chord structure ;D ;D ;D
When I played years ago my teacher told me I needed to learn "therory" and I asked why? He said it will help you understand why certain chords "work" or sound better together than others.
I said "Well why do all the book work and memorizing etc? Just play it if it sounds good its good, if it doesn't sound right try again! That is why it is called "playing music" "playing guitar"
Not "working music" "working guitar" , that is what rappers are for ;D
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby Fozzer » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:52 pm

I'm one of those lucky people who can play by "ear", (it's a gift!), and music theory gives me a headache.
Give me any instrument, tell me a tune I know, and I will play it by "ear".
Whether it's a keyboard, hammered, stringed or blown instrument, I automatically know the correct fingering intervals to produce the tune... ;D...!

The only time it becomes a dis-advantage is when someone asks me to play a piece that I don't know, they stick a piece of sheet music in front of me and say "play this"...and then it takes forever, note by flippin' note... :'(...!
LOL...!
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LOL...!

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Re: circle of fifths

Postby Hagar » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:01 pm

I'm one of those lucky people who can play by "ear", (it's a gift!), and music theory gives me a headache.
Give me any instrument, tell me a tune I know, and I will play it by "ear".

Isn't that a tad painful on the ol' lugholes Foz? :o :P ;D

You hum it & I'll play it. LOL :D
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby Fozzer » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:50 pm

Isn't that a tad painful on the ol' lugholes Foz? :o :P ;D

You hum it & I'll play it. LOL :D


LOL...!

The method is very similar to playing the South American nose flute... ;)...!

LOL...!

Cheers Doug... ;D...!

P.S. I had a look at eno's link to the diagrams of the circle of fifths again... ::)...!
I think it's something which appears on the floor of dubious magic societies places of devil worship... :o...!
...(nuffin' to do with music...)... ;D...!

LOL...!


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Re: circle of fifths

Postby eno » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:01 pm

P.S. I had a look at eno's link to the diagrams of the circle of fifths again... ::)...!
I think it's something which appears on the floor of dubious magic societies places of devil worship... :o...!
...(nuffin' to do with music...)... ;D...!

I totally agree  :o but they do say the devil has all the best tunes  ::)
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:06 pm

hey eno, would you please explain what that road sign is in your signature
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby eno » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:57 am

hey eno, would you please explain what that road sign is in your signature


Why is it freaking you out  ;D  ??? :o

Right click and follow the link in properties  ;D
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby zcottovision » Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:38 pm

The circle of fifths is one of those theory things that isn't really useful. Basically, in terms of key signatures, it increases by one sharp everytime you go up five notes. For example!

C = no sharps
G = 1 sharp (F#)
D = 2 sharps (F# C#)
A = 3 sharps (F# C# G#)
E = 4 sharps (F# C# G# D#)

And so on!

It's not really that important. It sounds nice if you do it in reverse, though - C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, etc!
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Re: circle of fifths

Postby BMan1113VR » Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:56 pm

circle of fifths=my least favorite base exorcise  :-/
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