Don't be afraid. The circle of fifths looks confusing but it's only ever here to help. And a basic understanding of what it's trying to tell you could lead you down a whole new creative superhighway.

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It’s on the wall of every music room in the country, and it can be quite daunting if you don’t know what you’re looking at. But don’t panic: the Circle of Fifths is as elegant and beautiful as the ...

In the diagram below, AB is the chord of a circle with centre O. OM is perpendicular to AB (meet at a right angle). Look at triangles OAM and OBM. The hypotenuses (OA and OB) are the same, as they are ...