The Circle of Fifths for SONGWRITING

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Wow! Everyone who ever tried to teach me theory absolutely sucked!!! This was so helpful it almost makes me mad lol, thank you.

Brilliant teaching. thank you.

this is really good thank you!

This is pure gold. Thank you!

R u supposed to memorize the circle of fifth charts? Somebody help me please

this was by far the best explanation of the circle of 5ths i've heard, prior to this I had a vague sense of relatedness between chords but didn't really understand the underlying mechanics of that.

Thank you.

thank you for your great explanation of this

A really fabulous explanation of the circle of 5ths, and modes, Mike. Thanks a ton.

Great video! Thanks!

Finally, I understand it now.
Thank you so much for explaining it so beautifully.
I sub, and will follow you

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Would you be willing to make a rotating circle of fifths so that we at home can just turn the wheel and practice different cord progression, I would pay a fair price for it Thanks for the lesson

Thank for this! Also Hotel California moves in fifth s 😅

I probably need to watch this a couple more times for it to sink in. It’s very good. I didn’t quite get exactly why the widget rotated to the Dm in the aoleon example.

It's the cycle of fifths, not the circle. You can organise the cycle into a circle, but it's still the cycle of fifths, not the circle. Don't try to teach until you get this right. You're passing along bad information.

Well done Mike, Took classical lessons as a kid and never delved big into the theory of the circle of fifths, just understood it as the trip up through the sharps and down through the flats. This tutorial makes it so easy to understand their relationships for song writing, or be able to listen to any song and recognizing the different modes or progressions used. Very cool.

thank you so much! i was so stucked what the hell is key about and now i've got it haha Bless you and happy new year!

This has got to be the best of the best explanations I have seen. Thanks!

That was so damn confusing and complicated. lol And you started out saying it wasn't.

I tried to watch, but I was too distracted by your epically beautiful hair.

The circle of 5ths is the periodic table of elements to the informed or seeking musician in music...!

I recently purchased The Chord Wheel by Jim Fleser and used this video to help learn how to use it. Thanks for a clear cut explanation without all the music mumbo jumbo.

Damn homie u dropped a bomb of knowledge on me

Very Helpful, and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks

A really great video. Extremely helpful

this explanation helps me a lot. I now understand more about the transposition of chods of a song from different octaves. tnx sir Mike

This is great! 👍🏼

Thank you. God bless you

An excellent explanation. So well put together. Thank you!!

It's amazing the difference a good teacher makes. I've tried to get my head around this a few times without much success.... Until now.
Thank you for sharing,.

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hello mike, never heard of your YT channel before. this must be the 20th video i watch to try and understand the circle of fifths, im not even halfway through and its making incredible sense to me for the first time on how it works. im subscribing rn, great work my bro!

I'm not very smart at music theories but when you explained modes , I sort of hear Do Rae Me Fa So La Ti Do .

Best video ever

this is great! you are genius

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I've never played keys in my life and only took a brief, single semester guitar class in high school, which I failed. After a few videos and several hours just banging around on my midi controller, I feel like I am able to actually play. I even found a few basic progressions to existing songs just by listening for them and knowing now what chords look like and how they interact. Thank you for this video

wow this was great

So should you memorize the circle and the outer circle layers, or just reference it when writing?

Very helpful, thank you. The moving template that outlines the diatonic chords and how to use it to change chord progressions like you did with Pacabel's was particularly useful.

Thank you so much for such a visual greatly made informative video, which taught me music theory I would haved payed much for in lectures. Very grateful. :))

This all made perfect sense - thank you!

This is insanely helpful to me, I can play most of the chords on the chart but the concept of different keys has always confused me greatly and so I've only played by ear. I have wasted plenty of hours trying out chords to see which match well, where with the circle of fifths I have a much clearer idea of what my options are.

You earned a sub. Great content. Thanks so much.

thanks ever so much very clear explanation. understand alot more. fantastic content.