Circle of fifths text table

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The Circle of fifths, text table, shows the number of flats or sharps in each of the diatonic musical scales/keys. Both C major and A minor keys have no flats or sharps.

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Diatonic Scales and Keys
Circle of fifths
flats sharps
major minor major minor
0 C, a
1 F d G e
2 B♭ g D b
3 E♭ c A f♯
4 A♭ f E c♯
5 D♭ b♭ B g♯
6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯
7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯
lower case letters are minor
the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale

In the table, minor keys/scales are written with lowercase letters, for brevity. However, in common guitar tabs [1] [2] notation, a minor key is designated with a lowercase "m" (such as A-minor as "Am" or D-sharp minor "D#m"). In the table, sharps/flats are indicated by text superscripts (F-sharp is F# and B-flat is Bb), rather than using Unicode symbols for sharp/flat (coded as 9837/9839) which can display as bracket-boxes "[]" in some fonts.

The small interval between e.g. F-sharp and G-flat is the Pythagorean comma. Minor scales start with , major scales start with
The small interval between e.g. F-sharp and G-flat is the Pythagorean comma. Minor scales start with la, major scales start with do


[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "U2 'If god will send his angels' Guitar tabs" (notes), Fret Play, 2006, webpage: FPlay-U2.
  2. ^ "Mxtabs - Guitar Tabs: Over 100000 Guitar Tabs" (lists), MX Tabs, 2007, webpage: MXtabs-GuitarTabs.

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