Why You Need to Learn Circle of Fifths Right Now
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
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Learn how to use the Circle of Fifths to write chord progressions and melodies - even if you don’t know any music theory.
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In this tutorial, we cover…
00:00 - The Circle of Fifths Explained
03:20 - How to build chords
04:49 - Building chord progressions
08:24 - Changing key
09:01 - Writing melodies
10:42 - 5 essential chord progressions
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I'm German and have watched billions of videos about the circle of fifths in german(by the way in Germany we call it "Quintenzirkel"). And I never really understood him. And then you come in another language and suddenly everything makes sense! I'm really happy right now and will probably be busy with sisters and cousins in the near future 😃! Many many heartfelt thanks. And many kind regards from Germany!❤❤❤
Same for me though not in German. 🎉
This is always the case with Will. And indeed, in Germany we have a lot of strange words for musical things. And we have this thing with B (German) = Bb (everywhere else) and H (German) = B (everywhere else)
I am english speaking and this made it more confusing for me. lol
@@DanglyLinghamThen, i fear…you may never grasp it!
Kidding! I think the best way to learn it is to watch this again but play/practice as Will goes through the different aspects.
It will click eventually…good luck!
Love to read such comments! Thank you so much! 🙏 And I am very happy my video helped you to understand it! :)
The circle of fifths has always been a bit of an enigma to me, but this is the best explanation I have seen to date. Thanks, Will!
Hi Will, What you call Power Notes is also known as the Major Pentatonic Scale.
The 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6th notes of any Major scale, makes the Major Pentatonic.
The 1, b3, 4, 5, & b7 makes the Minor Pentatonic Scale.
Add in the b5 to the Minor Pentatonic Scale above and you have your standard Blues Scale.
Try counting that out on all of the White keys and you'll have 3 new sacles to work from. If you know some scales, the formula can be applied to them as well.
Guitarists are very well known for using Minor Pentatonic Scales, as they can be used over Major & Minor Chord progressions.
Hope that helps a bit and gets some ideas flowing for those who are not Theory heads...LOL...
Thx ElectricEddie
After 20 years of working with music, this is the best easiest way to understand I feel I have encountered. Thank you!!
Love to hear feedback like yours! Thank you so much for the support and you are very welcome!
The title couldn't be more precise. This has literally unlocked music for me
Haha love to hear that man! Thank you for dropping a comment!
Quite how one can watch so many videos on this subject and still not quite grasp it…and then you do one and all falls into place…nice.
Great content and somehow you’ve managed to achieve what countless others have not.
Cheers!
Very much appreciate to hear that! 🙏
Yup… this is hands down the PERFECT explanation vid for the Circle of Fifths! It’s amazing to me how many other channels have tried to explain it and always seem to get it wrong along the way… this is perfectly done 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This really is a great explanation!
It makes a whole lot more sense than any of the other tutorials did, that I have seen on this subject.
Thanks, Will.
Congrats. You're the first one to explain this so that I can understand it. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support 🙂
Finally a thorough and easy to follow explanation of how to work the magic circle! Wish I could have joined your program for the new year but until that can happen, your videos keep making a real difference 😊
EDM TIPS once again with another amazingly helpful video. I've learnt so much from this channel over this last year I've been (trying to) make music. I don't necessarily make EDM, I make all sorts of genres but the tips I get from here have taught me so much.
Thank you.
Best explanation for writing with the Circle of Fifths that I have ever seen. Thank you for this!!
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support 🙂
What a great job explaining how you make the notes and seeing the red circles around the notes as you played them further enforced the learning. Nice.
So happy to hear you found the video useful! Thank you for your support!
I've seen a few videos explaining the Circle of Fifths. The way you explain it is actually pretty easy to understand. I knew how many flats or sharps a scale has; I just didn't know how to make those progressions on a piano. Thanks to you, I understand now. Thanks, Will, again for a great video.
Excellent! I’m glad it helped, and you’re welcome :)
omg, I never understood what people meant because they never described it in a clear and easy way, English is not my first language so when people said "in relative to" etc I had no idea what they were on about but now I completely understand because you had a clear visual element and explanation for it.
Thank you!
This is excellent, please do more music theory videos in 2024🙏🏻💯
Very good explanation. I knew about relative minors, but using circles of fifths for figuring out chord progressions and melodies is awesome. Will def be referring back to this video
First time I’m digging how to use the circle of fifths. Thank you Sir. Glad I clicked! ❤
You’re very welcome!
such a great and easy explanation! Thanks a lot!
Great explanation!! Best i have ever seen 🎉
Thank you so much for the support!🙏
The most amazing tutorial I have ever come across ❤
Thank you very much! :)
Bruuu finally I understood it. You always explain things so easy its a bless! Thanks!
Very happy to hear man! My pleasure!
This is a great explanation Will, and the examples help a lot. Thanks!
Happy to hear man! Glad I could help!
I always had to write it down, but no one told me about this! Thank you!
Thank you for making this super digestible! I've watched so many of these circle of fifths youtube videos... this is the best one. If you could make a more advanced one with 7th and other chord progressions.. I would be in heaven. Thanks again man!
I have watched a lot of vids explaining what the circle of fifth is, but you are the first one actually showing what to do with it and how to use it for composition. Thank you so much for that! (And Iam from germany too :D)
You’re welcome!
@@EDMTipsOne additional question: I expect the rules of using the five notes explained in chapter "writing a melody" can be also applied when writing a Bassline fitting to an already existing chord progression?
Best explanation I've seen. Thanks!
Thanks, and you’re welcome!
i love painting as much as making beats! you just gave me an awesome painting idea acrylic, circle of fifths abstract! thanks bro
Haha yeah give this a try! Rock on, man!
Oh my word, this is what I have needed forever!!! I cannot thank you enough!!!
You’re very welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Best explanation i have ever seen ! Thanks
Circle of fifths is a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks for the explanation.
100%! It is so useful! My pleasure!
Man.I thought I had it figured out, learned something new today. Thanks a lot, you videos really have been inspiring the last couple of days since I found you! You are awesome!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and for the kind words of support! 🙂
Holy shit, man. I started watching this video thinking "This guy and goddamn accent are gonna be another dead end for me in trying to figure this shit out."
At the end of the video, I'm already jamming out and making my own tunes, giggling like a school girl because I just can't believe that it finally clicked.
I'm subscribed and binge watching everything you've made because you're the first person to finally make music theory make sense for me.
Give this hero your time and you will understand everything you've been dying to understand.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Well, looks like I've done my job then! 😉 Thanks for subscribing and I hope you continue to enjoy the content! 🙌🏻
I came here to learn how to change keys in a song. I got what I needed. Thanks Will!
Love to hear that! 🙏 Appreciate your support!
Good job maestro. Fun & easy to follow.
Cheers, Jobu, glad you enjoyed it! :)
wowww, tremendous contribution, this is taking the big step through something that is always complicated to understand, you have made it easy and brief, thank you very much friend
You are very welcome indeed!
Fantastic!! New to music production and just printed this out from your website so I can have it on my wall.
Amazing man!🙌🙌 Happy to hear! The Circle of Fifths is truly helpful!
Great video and tool!
There's so many videos about the circle of fifths with tons of views, but this is the only one that made understand why it's so useful!, you have new subscriber!
Awesome mate! Looks like I've done my job right then! haha Thanks for subscribing and I hope you continue to enjoy the content! 🙌🏻
Thank you very much for this video. You really made me understand the circle of 5ths
My pleasure man! Thank you for the comment!🙏
You are doing so much good 🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😀
Great outline. I learned a few new things from your video. Thanks😊😊
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻
This is the best explanation of this I’ve ever seen!
Appreciate it! 🙌🙏
Super helpful, I finally understood after watching 10s of videos. I wish you had touched on playing minor key chord progressions though I assume it has the same rules as the major key chord progressions.. so glad I found your channel!
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Amazing explanation! Amazing video! Thanks!
Thank you so much for the comment! I appreciate it!🙏
Amazing thank you I love learning music production because of you.
Thank you for your comment! Happy to hear!
wow. Thank you so much!
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful 🙂
amazing explanation thank u!
Thank you for your comment! Happy to hear!
The "duh" logic of the third in the circle of fifths never occurred to me. Thank you for the matter-of-fact brilliance of your presentation. I learned something new!
i think i found the best video on the internet, wow you are truly a hero
Thank you so much for the support and kind words!🙏🙏
You made this so much understandable
Thank you for your comment! Happy to hear!
Cool, I dont understand everything but very helpfull
In my opnion, actually showing how to use the circle of fifths rather than blandly explaining the relations between the notes is what makes this video stand out from the rest, very good job!
Thank you so much, I am stoked you found it helpful 🙌🏻
Excellent video sir!
Much appreciated! :)
2:09 This also explains why most songs written on piano (/ organ / keyboard / etc) are not in C#, F# or B.
Having said this, on a guitar you can tune it in C# - et voila
And in the DAW you can drag all notes in C up a semitone - et voila
But tradionally it's the most simple to stay in C, / Am, G, / Em, F / Dm, D / Bm and A# / Gm.
Very good explanation !
PS. Please add the part about using the Circle to create melodies using the "power notes" into the Radio Ready Program Music Theory For EDM Producers course, because that part is very valuable, but it's not in the course yet. Cheers
Jinkies 🤓More good advice.
This one's going to take a bit of replaying to understand. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for your support! Take your time with the video! Shows your commitment! :)
Excellent video 👍
Really glad you enjoyed it so much man!
Nice one as always, Will. Now, we need to clarify that a Dominant-7-chord is not diminished. But chords is a topic for a whole series of videos.
Thanks!
Thank you too, mate!
Never, Never, Never have I ever heard the Circle of Fifths explained and simplified with its usefulness as well as you’ve explained it. Where the heck were you 10 years ago?! I could’ve been a star by now! 😂😂😂
I've been here for the past almost 10 years, where you've been, Mark?!
Jokes aside, I am glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻
thank you sir
My pleasure! Anything else you're struggling with?
Very helpful
Awesome, glad you found it helpful 🙂🙏🏻🙌🏻
I particularly like the melody part - I don't quite understand why those 4 notes work well?? I must experiment with this, thanks for inspiring something to jam with!
Very helpful video!
I’ve got a tutorial request - could you please make a Justice-style track (e.g. Genesis, DANCE)?
You are the best avicci too will ik love to watch it
Possibly one of the most useful and interesting videos I’ve seen in a long time!
Love to hear that! Thank you so much!
I literally got a wooden circle of fifths wheel as an Xmas gift for my gf’s sister who took up guitar in 2023 - might have to get one for myself now 😂
What a wholesome gift actually! Want one for my desk now!😄
I finally got it. It means that melody is always written in sister and cousin cords of main note, right?
How can you use the circle of 5ths to build 7th chord progressions and melodies? For example, in the key of C, etc., What about the key of Fm? How can you figure out the melody notes and chords? Do you go to the left of the circle?
Is there an app for this where you touch one of the circles and it plays the chords? I do like your breakdown of it cause its explained rather simply and not confusing
I'm not aware of such an app but would be pretty neat! Happy you enjoyed the video! :)
Is there any midi controller out there that’s based on this? Sort of like the Artiphon Orba but with the circle of fifths chords?
The circle of fifths is our friend, I was afraid of it now I have a laminated one to help memorise it 👍
It is the best way to learn all keys
Cheers!
Does anyone know the name of the song he played around 6:02 ?
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Is this the best Tutorial about Circle of Fifths, yesss.... this is the "Circle of Will`s", which is made from HELL! HELL YEAHHH
Great video but I don't get the gist of changing key to the relative major/minor key, e.g. C -> a. All notes of both keys are the same, so this is not a key change for me, at least not harmonically.
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Appreciate it! 🙌🙏
Is there a way the circle of fifths can show you which 7 notes are in each scale..??
If so, how do you do that..??
does this work the same for guitar?
Yes it does!
@@EDMTips great thanks
Sure thing!
What about step cousin chords?
iv made notes of this and going to get a circle of fifths mouse mat 😂cheers mate
Not the worst of ideas! haha
Says C maj, then proceeds to play C#(+50ct)maj
2024 I will learn music theory ☝️
Yes!! Go for it!🙌
The secret is in pentatonic chords :)
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I just don’t get it. I want to start making music but don’t understand any of this. I’ve bought ableton but literally have no clue. All this talk of chords, what is that? It’s frustrating because I wanna understand but don’t.
Music is a language and it has ways of describing sounds. You learnt English by practicing words and then joined them to make a sentence. Be kind to yourself, learn by taking small steps in knowledge. You can climb vast mental mountains that way. 😊👍 UA-cam channels like this are your friends in that knowledge journey.
@@YoureNowOnTV thankyou for your comment. The thing is I dj, I mix in key. The problem is I rely on mixed in key to key my tracks. If I had a keyboard in front of my id not have a clue how to play it. Or to work out the key of a track using a keyboard.
I wanna progress into producing but because I’ve no musical theory back ground I simply have no clue. So I feel that buying ableton was a waste of money because I don’t understand music.
@@SuperRuss26 a DAW like Ableton helps you freeze music to identify parts. You can slow things down, repeat parts, change how high or low the note octaves are and analyse so many things. Definitely not a waste of money. It’s a powerful tool that takes time to learn, you can do it because other people can. Imagine how hard it would have been to learn and compose music back in Mozart or Beethoven’s time! The thing is you can learn a lot in music but the cool thing is you don’t have to learn it all to make it. Small steps are still movement in the right direction. 😉👍
@@YoureNowOnTV Thankyou, much appreciated.
@@SuperRuss26 No worries. 😀👍 Hard things are fun because when you succeed the reward feels much bigger.
I would advise to just learn the major and minor triads without thinking about a clock with two rings. Or do you also know that your knee is your knee by going leg - foot - middle?
Your keyboard sounds out by about semi tone and half or more...😢..
Still good thou
I'm still confused 😂
You may want to watch it again! :)
And I stop watching at 5:19... . I´m not so nerd! But it could be good for blind music people!
This is a recipe for mediocrity...
No wonder 'pop' music is so uninspiring!
Thanks for the feedback!
OH! I actually GET this! Thank you so much!!!
Yessss🙌🏻 Love to hear my video was useful! You are very welcome! :)
That was the dopest way I’ve ever heard to explain TCOF. 🎉🎉🎉
Really glad you liked it so much! Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?