[Harp-L] Re:Right Harps

[MilwHarmonica@xxxxxxx]

Hello, TomEHarp.
 
The Circle of 5ths is a clockwise progression of adding  sharps to a key 
signature, or adding sharps, one at a time, to  a major music scale or it's 
relative minor scale . Example: start at the keys of  C or A minor (no sharps or 
flats). Count up 5 scale letters, with C as  Do ( #1 is C, Do): C, D, E, F, G. 
G has one sharp, as does it's relative minor, E minor. With G as #1 scale  
note do, count up 5: G, A, B, C, D. D major or B minor have 2 sharps. 
Count up 5 again, for 3 sharps, etc. 
 
If you are using a clock as a picture of the circle of 5ths, C major or A  
minor would be 12 o'clock, G/Eminor 1 o'clock (1 sharp), D/B minor would be 
2 o'clock (2 sharps), etc. 
 
The Circle of 4ths is a counter-clockwise progression of  adding flats to a 
key signature, or adding flats, one at a  time, to a major music scale or it's 
relative minor scale. If you are using a  clock as a picture of the circle of 
4ths, the keys of C/A minor would be at 12  o'clock. Count up 4 letters, with 
C or A minor as do, #1: C, D, E, F. F or it's relative minor, D minor, each  
has one flat.
 
Going counter-clockwise, from C, F/D minor  is at 11' o'clock (one  flat). 
Count up 4 from F: F, G, A, Bb. Bb has 2 flats. It is at 10 o'clock. Keep  going 
left on the clock, adding one flat at a time. Each hour of the clock will  
add one flat, by counting 4 letters from the previous scale.
 
To find a relative minor of any major scale, start at the 6th note ("la")  of 
the given major scale. Example:  A is the 6th note of the C major scale.  A 
is the "do" note of the A minor scale.
 
John Broecker
 
 



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