Understanding the circle of 5ths is crucial to all western music, classical, jazz, folk, rock.

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In this video I present a series of progressively difficult exercises to help you master the circle of 5ths on the keyboard. I first go through exercises on the circle with all 12 keys and then I go through the circle diatonically, meaning we stay within one key cycling through all the chords in one key.

00:00 Intro
02:40 Single notes down 5ths
03:38 Single notes up 4ths
03:51 Single notes back and forth
05:18 Triads around the circle
06:31 Triad inversions #1
07:19 Triad inversions #2
07:36 Triad inversions #3
07:57 Triad inversions #4
09:24 7th chords (Root 3rd 5th)
10:40 7th chords #2
11:44 Minor 7ths
12:32 Dominant 7ths
13:45 Shell extensions (Root shell pretty)
14:54 Minor shell extensions
15:35 Diatonic major cycle
17:14 Minor diatonic cycle
19:43 Non root bass movement
20:24 Minor non root bass
20:35 Doubling RH notes (major)
21:29 Minor doubling RH notes
22:18 Only 3rd of chord in bass


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