History UsefulNotes / CircleOfFifths

* The {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} game ''VideoGame/DemonsCrest'' has it several times in the track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5u60S3l6I Palace of Decadence]]".

* Music/KingHarvest, "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Cm7 Fm7 B♭9 E♭)

Examples of the full (eight- or seven-chord) progression, or more than half at least:

* Examples written by Music/AntonioVivaldi:

Examples of the half (four-chord) progression:

The exact chords can be modified, but the sound is still similar. Note that the first four chords of the minor version are the same as the last four chords of the major version; this overlap is often used by composers to {{modulat|ion}}e between keys or express ambiguity of tonality for various purposes.

* Gouryella - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-yAD6-9Ek "Tenshi"]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[Disney/TheLionKing In the Cirrrcllllle, the Cirrrclle of Fifths.]]"'']]

The term "circle of fifths" also refers to a circular diagram shown on the right here. This, however, shows the relationships between the different pairs of keys major and minor and how many sharps or flats they have. To put it in layman's terms, there are twelve different notes in each octave, and each one of them has a major scale (along with a minor scale starting on a different note), and they each have some number of sharps or flats, and the circle diagrams them in an easy-to-reference format. This also shows "enharmonics"--keys that can be spelled in two ways, but (generally) sound the same, because notes like F♯ and G♭ are basically the same.

* C, F, B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ (C♯), G♭ (F♯), B (C♯), E, A, D, G, C

* C, F, B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ (C♯), F♭ (G♯), B (C♯), E, A, D, G, C

* The {{SNES}} game ''VideoGame/DemonsCrest'' has it several times in the track "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5u60S3l6I Palace of Decadence]]".

* Examples written by Music/AntonioVivaldi

** The first movement of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_%28Vivaldi%29 Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 #4]], a.k.a. "Winter", from SeasonalBaggage. You can hear one instance of this progression at 1:12, in the first movement.

* Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVHXLY5cM8 first movement]] of the Sonata in F major, K. 332, at 1:16, and again in the recap later

* Hidetoshi Sato, the Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion theme song "Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Cm Fm B♭ E\♭ in the refrain, multiple times)

* Music/RitsukoOkazaki, "Serenade", insert song from FruitsBasket, two instances in the verse: A7, G♯m7, C♯m7, F♯m7, B7, E (skips the D#dim chord); followed immediately by A♯m7b5, D♯7, G♯m7, C♯m, F♯m9, B11, E)

[[caption-width-right:350:The circle of fifths, regarding tonality. See article for details.]]
Play the top key of a piano. It should be a C. Starting from there, count that key as 1, and count down the white keys to get to 5. That's an F. Do it again, and you'll get a B, an E, an A, a D, a G, and then a C again.

* The verse of Music/JessicaSimpson & Music/NickLachey's "Where You Are" combines this with the HumoresqueProgression.

** The first movement of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_%28Vivaldi%29 Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8 #4]], a.k.a. "Winter", from TheFourSeasons. You can hear one instance of this progression at 1:12, in the first movement.

The exact chords can be modified, but the sound is still similar. Note that the first four chords of the minor version are the same as the last four chords of the major version; this overlap is often used by composers to [[{{Modulation}} modulate]] between keys or express ambiguity of tonality for various purposes.

* C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db (C#), F# (Gb), B (Cb), E, A, D, G, C

The term "circle of fifths" also refers to a circular diagram shown on the right here. This, however, shows the relationships between the different pairs of keys major and minor and how many sharps or flats they have. To put it in layman's terms, there are twelve different notes in each octave, and each one of them has a major scale (along with a minor scale starting on a different note), and they each have some number of sharps or flats, and the circle diagrams them in an easy-to-reference format. This also shows "enharmonics"--keys that can be spelled in two ways, but (generally) sound the same, because notes like F# and Gb are basically the same.

'''Note''': The notation "m7b5" (i.e. "minor 7th chord, with flatted fifth") is the ''half-diminished seventh chord''. So, "A#m7b5" is the same as A#[[superscript:ø7]]. The m7b5 notation is just an artifact of the jazz-originated letter-based chord notation system.

* Music/{{Selah}}: "You Are My Hiding Place" (like "I Will Survive", the entire song is built on repeated instances of Bm, Em7, A, D, G, Em, F#; so only the sixth chord is altered, into a very similar chord)
* The {{SNES}} game ''[[DemonsCrest Demon's Crest]]'', several times in the track "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5u60S3l6I Palace of Decadence]]"
* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' soundtrack, the insert song "Your Wind is Blowing", combines Circle of Fifths with the HumoresqueProgression, by changing the second chord in the minor-key sequence to VI--thus producing an instance of the latter within a variation of the former.
* Music/RitsukoOkazaki, "Serenade", insert song from FruitsBasket, two instances in the verse: A7, G#m7, C#m7, F#m7, B7, E (skips the D#dim chord); followed immediately by A#m7b5, D#7, G#m7, C#m, F#m9, B11, E)
* Music/{{Melocure}}, "Agapé" (in the verses: Em7 A7 Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 BbM7; in the bridge: Em7b5, Am7, Dm9, G7, Cm7)

* Music/KingHarvest, "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Cm7 Fm7 Bb9 Eb)

* Hidetoshi Sato, the Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion theme song "Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Cm Fm Bb Eb in the refrain, multiple times)

* Music/{{Melocure}}, "Agapé" (Gm Cm F Bb in the refrain, repeatedly)
* Aqua's "Barbie Girl" (C#m-F#m-B-E)

Now build chords on top of this. Just triads, all on the white keys. You should end up with the following sequence: C, F, Bdim, Em, Am, Dm, G, C. This is your basic CircleOfFifths progression.

* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' soundtrack, the insert song "Your Wind is Blowing", combines CircleOfFifths with the HumoresqueProgression, by changing the second chord in the minor-key sequence to VI--thus producing an instance of the latter within a variation of the former.