Circle of Thirds (what you need to know)

In music, the Circle of Thirds is a powerful pattern. But few people know about it -- and of those who do, they picture it the wrong way. Here, we look at the best way to look at this cool tool for songwriting, so you can get the most out of it.
BOOKMARKS:
0:00 Hey there
0:42 Circle of Thirds
3:47 G Major Scale on piano
4:45 G Major Scale in a better depiction
7:19 Back to the original circle (inferior) depiction
9:40 Like a pinball machine (illustration from Lesson #7)
(Lesson #7: How Chords Function | mikegeorge.locals.com/post/80...)
11:28 Another benefit of this arrangement -- we can see cool connections
14:58 The original depiction can be misleading
17:56 Let's play another progression
19:29 Another depiction to show more cool connections
21:29 Summarizing the benefits to THIS depiction over other versions
22:39 Let's get a cleaner diagram (I've marked that one up)
23:48 Big flower/sun diagram (Major Scale, Circle of Fifths, Circle of Thirds, ***
27:13 C: Cool it shows mediants (ChordMap visual)
29:18 C: Stacked Thirds acronym
31:44 C: Another acronym
32:07 C: First time understanding this
33:55 C: I don't read music, but want to play along
35:20 Q: How are you tonight?
35:50 C: Love the simplicity of stacking Thirds
37:14 C: Venn diagram shows I, IV, V in all chords
38:24 C: So many country songs are G, C, G, but I see a great tool for many people
42:05 C: Visualizing helps
42:33 Q: Hammond Organ will work?
43:20 Wrap up
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[@edwinwoods8294]

This is brilliant .Thk you. I definitely am buying the wheel

[@VirtuousHereticKristin]

BOOKMARKS:
0:00 Hey there
0:42 Circle of Thirds
3:47 G Major Scale on piano
4:45 G Major Scale in a better depiction
7:19 Back to the original circle (inferior) depiction
9:40 Like a pinball machine (illustration from Lesson #7)
(Lesson #7: How Chords Function | mikegeorge.locals.com/post/800769/9-lesson-7-how-chords-function)
11:28 Another benefit of this arrangement -- we can see cool connections
14:58 The original depiction can be misleading
17:56 Let's play another progression
19:29 Another depiction to show more cool connections
21:29 Summarizing the benefits to THIS depiction over other versions
22:39 Let's get a cleaner diagram (I've marked that one up)
23:48 Big flower/sun diagram (Major Scale, Circle of Fifths, Circle of Thirds, ***
27:13 C: Cool it shows mediants (ChordMap visual)
29:18 C: Stacked Thirds acronym
31:44 C: Another acronym
32:07 C: First time understanding this
33:55 C: I don't read music, but want to play along
35:20 Q: How are you tonight?
35:50 C: Love the simplicity of stacking Thirds
37:14 C: Venn diagram shows I, IV, V in all chords
38:24 C: So many country songs are G, C, G, but I see a great tool for many people
42:05 C: Visualizing helps
42:33 Q: Hammond Organ will work?
43:20 Wrap up

[@markcbeaumont4670]

We could also treat III as a cusp between tonic and dominant and to a lesser extent VII as a cusp between dominant and sub dominant

[@billyblackburn864]

hi i actually ordered some stickers for my guitar...i already know most of the theory but I just wanted to see how it might help me memorize the fretboard. Ive been playing jazz bass and guitar since high school but im starting to pick it up again....i go for years without playing.....i think the circle of thirds thing is related to the only 3 dimished chords or am I wrong?

[@brianbrino4310]

Mississauga Ontario Canada!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Swiss Geek here, with no musicality. So maybe that's why it's taking me longer to see relationships with chords. I just learned something that should have been obvious.
A minor seven chord in a key has a relationship with one of the Primary chords.
The ii7 with the IV, the iii7 with the V and the vi7 with the I.
So you can just play the major chord and change the bass note. Duh.

[@TheWooTubes]

Another reason G is a popular key for Country Music is that the majority of 5-string banjos are tuned in some version of Open G.
It's fairly simple on fiddle too.