Piano Chords - Circle of 5ths Fully Explained and Application to the Piano: Music Theory (Music Piano Lessons Book 1) by Rosa Suen

Author:Rosa Suen [Suen, Rosa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: music theory, circle of 5ths, chord progressions, song writing, piano chords, learn piano with rosa
Publisher: RR Publishing
Published: 2013-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

For example:

Key of C:

1. Home chord is C.

2. Set the C of the rotary circle to the 12 o’clock position.

3. In music, V7 to I is the most common progression in music.

4. Ask: What is the V7 of the C key? G chord.

5. Where is the G chord in the circle? It is the chord to the right of C.

Do you see the Counter Clockwise chord movement?

This is how chords tend to move in music.

How does G7 move to C?

The chord movement is COUNTER-CLOCKWISE in the Circle of 5ths.

You often see this kind of chord progression in the key of C:

Take a look at chord progressions of popular songs, they move in this way:

- G7 C

- D7 G7 C

- A7 D7 G7 C

- E7 A7 D7 G7 C

- B7 E7 A7 D7 G7 C

Can you see that the chord movement is always counter-clockwise to return to C, the home chord?

Each one of these chords is moving a 5th down to the next chord:

— B7 to E7:

You count down: B A G F E

B is a 5th down to E.

— E7 to A7:

You count down: E D C B A

E is a 5th down to A.

—A7 to D7:

You count down: A G F E D

A is a 5th down to D

—D7 to G7:

You count down: D C B A G

D is a 5th down to G

—G7 to C:

You count down: G F E D C

G is a 5th down to C

How do chords move?

—Chords move in descending 5ths.

—Chords always move counter-clockwise in the Circle of 5ths.

—Chord movements don’t usually skip steps when following the Circle.

—Chords usually move chord by chord back to the home chord.

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