Neal, interesting Circle of Fifths picture. A couple of questions for you. My favorite diagram goes the opposite direction with the flats on the left side of the diagram. Is that a circle of fourths? Have you seen Jamey Aebersold’s discussion of scales. It’s very thorough.
Cheers,
Jim
Hey Jim,
Actually, I think it’s more common to think of it as the circle of fourths. Hadn’t realized that it actually went the opposite direction in other diagrams, thanks for letting me know about that. The whole moving in fourths happens more in music, so it sounds more natural to go in that direction. What happened was I originally learned it as being the circle of fifths for whatever reason, maybe it just was easier for me to think of moving in fifths.
I’ve seen the Jamie Aebersold material on it, but I’ll go look and it more closely.
-Neal