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 and keys. Both C major
and A minor
keys have no flats or sharps.
In the table, minor keys are written with lowercase letters, for brevity. However, in common guitar tabs notation, a minor key is designated with a lowercase "m". For example, A-minor is "Am" and D-sharp minor is "Dm").
The small interval between equivalent notes, such as F-sharp and G-flat, is the Pythagorean comma
. Minor scales start with , major scales start with
C major
C major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
and A minor
A minor
A minor is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The harmonic minor scale raises the G to G...
keys have no flats or sharps.
In the table, minor keys are written with lowercase letters, for brevity. However, in common guitar tabs notation, a minor key is designated with a lowercase "m". For example, A-minor is "Am" and D-sharp minor is "Dm").
The small interval between equivalent notes, such as F-sharp and G-flat, is the Pythagorean comma
Pythagorean comma
In musical tuning, the Pythagorean comma , named after the ancient mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, is the small interval existing in Pythagorean tuning between two enharmonically equivalent notes such as C and B , or D and C...
. Minor scales start with , major scales start with