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194 | Circle of FIFTHS and THIRDS
The ultimate ChordMap for songwriting
February 28, 2023
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Most people don't understand the Circle of Fifths or the Circle of Thirds ... which is crazy because both patterns are fundamental to songwriting. And what's more, these two patterns are intricately connected. And once you see how they work, you have superpowers as a songwriter.

As this video explains, the Circles of Fifths and Thirds each provide important insights into chords.

  • The Circle of FIFTHS is more like a 10,000-foot view of all keys and modes -- helping you navigate parallel modes, using borrowed chords, and exploring modal mixture.
  • The Circle of THIRDS highlights the connections between chords in a specific key and mode -- and also shows how to build extended chords.

Together, these patterns provide amazing insights into harmony.

Below are several key images from this video, for you to soak in at your own pace....

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354a | Creep (video)

An explanation and PDF is in the following post (354b).

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350 | Extended chords explained

Extended chords are easy to understand -- once you know about the Circle of Thirds.

Essentially, fancy extended chords are built by adding notes incrementally from a key's Circle of Thirds. By including ever more intervals of a third, you can play increasingly more complex harmonies.

Had I only known this in the beginning!

Without the Circle of Thirds, exotic chord names seem mysterious and complicated. WITH the Circle of Thirds, however, everything clicks into place.

🎥 This short video gives you the gist.

For more details on the construction of these chords, check out Lesson 17 in the course: https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/6051473/296-lesson-17-pdf-video

And the PDF referenced is ChordBook 2 here: https://shop.mycolormusic.com/products/colormusic%E2%84%A2%EF%B8%8F-guitar-chordbook-modebook-bundle

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345a | Theory Course LIVE - heads up

Hey! Join Sunday's stream for the first in the Theory Course LIVE series.

We'll be going through the course lessons page-by-page, playing the exercises, etc. -- with questions, answers, and sidebars along the way. It's a new and insightful look into music theory.

(The live stream link referenced in this video is actually in the NEXT post.)

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361 | Color notation (technical knowledge)

Hey, all -- question for you:
Do you have any thoughts on ways to colorize notation?

Folks regularly ask about software to use. And because we have engineers of various types in our community here, I'm hoping some of us may have ideas, or technical know-how.

I think creating an open source tool for community members is an excellent project! It will be very powerful for dissecting and composing songs. With a tool like this, our collective knowledge will rise exponentially.

See this post for context -- and please tag us if you're interested:
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/6059027/hey-all-mikegeorge-ive-been-really-loving-your-lessons-ive-worked-my-way-through-12-of-them?cid=8082688

356 | Harmonic Concept

POLL: If you could master one harmonic concept, which would it be?

351 | Your first learning method

QUESTION: How did you first learn to study music?

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362 | Theory Course LIVE - Session 5

This week, the Theory Course live stream is on *THURSDAY*.

Join us for the fifth session, where we're talking about notes and intervals -- the true essentials of music theory.

Time: THURSDAY, May 8 at 6:00 p.m. (UTC-6)

Link to join:

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359 | Theory Course LIVE - Session 4

This is the fourth session of the music theory course - LIVE.

Time: Sunday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. (UTC-6)

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353 | Theory Course LIVE - Session 3

This is the third session of the music theory course - LIVE.

Time: Sunday, April 27 at 10:00 a.m. (UTC-6)

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