The Circle of Fifths Explained for Guitar | How to ACTUALLY Understand The Circle of 5ths on guitar

Samjamguitar • May 13, 2022
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This in-depth Animated Lesson on The Circle of fifths for guitarists will show you How to actually Understand/memorize and use the Circle of fifths - this is the circle of fifths explained for guitar. The circle of 5ths is a useful tool for guitar and is really easy to understand. the circle of fifths has many uses such as working out what chords sound good together - what chords are in a key how to use the circle of fifths as a guitarist to help you write more interesting chord progressions borrowing chords from other keys on the circle of fifths and also understanding how many sharps and flats are in each key and what the names of the sharps and flats in a key are using the order of sharps and flats. the circle of 5ths will also help you know which scales to use over different chord progressions when improvising on guitar and which keys are more related than others. overall the circle of 5ths is worth investing your time into and this guitar lesson will show you how to actually understand memorize and use the circle of 5ths with a very useful animated circle of fifths chart... this is the circle of fifths explained for guitarists! CIRCLE OF 5THS | SAMJAMGUITAR MERCHANDISE 🛒https://samjamguitar-shop.fourthwall.com SUPPORT ME: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samjamguitar ▶ All Things Music Theory For Guitar https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcIs25jv9P94BI8Yxu5KZ-SWT8AAl8BWD ▶WHAT GEAR DO I USE?◀ Below are (affiliate links) to the GEAR I USE to make my YouTube videos. They redirect to Amazon and other companies. at no extra cost to you these provide me with a small kickback should you purchase any of these items🙂 🔷SOFTWARE ▶Guitar Pro 8 https://www.guitar-pro.com/#ae493 🔷GUITAR PEDALS 👇Below is a GREAT LOOP PEDAL that will be one of the best practise tools for guitar you will probably ever own (highly recommend grabbing one) 🛒BOSS RC-5 LOOP STATION https://amzn.to/3qyDPD6 🛒CARBON COPY DELAY https://amzn.to/3kk9WVc 🛒MXR PHASE 90 https://amzn.to/3EVZ8Ep 🛒DUNLOP 535Q CRYBABY https://amzn.to/3ki98Qs 🛒WAMPLER DUAL FUSION V2 https://amzn.to/3mUW6Kv 🛒MXR EVH 5150 https://amzn.to/2YpHXvk 🛒MXR CUSTOM BADASS 78 https://amzn.to/3CWA3Zn 🛒BOSS TU-3 TUNER https://amzn.to/3o8nfJo 🛒ELECTRO-HARMONIX C9 ORGAN MACHINE https://amzn.to/2Yvm1iC 🔷COMPUTER 🛒RYZEN 9 CPU - https://amzn.to/302243L 🛒CORSAIR RAM - https://amzn.to/3H1u8Vk 🛒FRACTAL R5 CASE - https://amzn.to/3CX1tOW 🛒NOCTUA CPU COOLER - https://amzn.to/3khcDqC 🛒GPU - https://amzn.to/3o2omu4 🔷 MICROPHONES 🛒 Vocal Mic 1 - https://amzn.to/3vh4zbP 🛒 Acoustic Guitar mic 1 - https://amzn.to/35h3Qgk 🛒 Electric Guitar mic 1 - https://amzn.to/3q0hyhj 🛒 Electric Guitar mic 2 - https://amzn.to/35dHIU0 🛒 DSLR RODE Camera mic - https://amzn.to/35jryIR 🔷CAMERAS 🛒 DSLR camera 1 - https://amzn.to/3gkN0n0 ​ ▶ SAMJAMGUITAR on social media: Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/samjamguitar Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/samjamguitar/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/samjamguitar TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why is it called the Circle of Fifths? 0:30 5th intervals explained 0:45 the circle of Fifths (outer circle) 0:56 the circle of fourths (outer circle) 1:17 Enharmonic Equivalent Keys 1:45 How many sharps in a key? 2:13 How many flats in a key? 2:44 Which Sharps and flats are in a key? 3:38 The order of sharps 4:09 The order of Flats 5:08 Why are only some keys are written as enharmonic equivalents? 6:25 THEORETICAL KEYS!! 7:37 Double sharps + double flats 8:03 The inner circle (minor keys) 8:19 The Relative minor Explained 8:56 Quick Trick for finding the relative minor on guitar 9:18 relative minor keys around the circle of fifths 9:51 Chords in a key using the circle of 5ths 11:06 Chords in Different Keys 11:31 Writing songs in minor keys 11:45 Different method for finding the chords in a key 12:16 Borrowing Chords from other keys (more interesting chord progressions) 12:37 The parallel minor explained 13:17 How to improvise over Borrowed chords? 13:50 How to key change using the circle of fifths 14:20 PIVOT CHORDS 14:49 Circle of Fifths Merch #circleof5ths #circleof5thsguitar #circleoffifths #samjamguitar #circleoffifthsexplained #circleoffifthsforguitarists

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