REALLY INTERNALIZE the circle of 5ths

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[@tomarmstrong1281]

Your piano has a wonderful full round tone.

[@TonyThomas10000]

Awesome video as usual. You rock, Aimee!

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[@lakegirlroxy9852]

Fantastic video Aimee 😊

[@patriciaann6380]

Excellent content Aimee 😊

[@GizzyDillespee]

I forgot this video dropped and I missed it! Looking forward to this coming Tuesday, or whenever it's ready for YT, for the big vid.

[@theHADERMET]

Thank you Aimee 😁

[@jeffcuthbert6078]

When you first started talking about going backwards around the Circle of Fifths, I said to myself "No, you're going forward around the Circle of Fourths". But then I recognized you were playing an Authentic Cadence (V - I), and it made more sense to think of the progression in terms of the Circle of Fifths. Yet another enjoyable application of music theory learned.

[@robertmayhew98]

Thank you very much Aimee for another excellent and interesting exercise.🤗

[@leeclarke8993]

Thank you Aimee for this germaine lesson. Sounds great. Call for being ever at doing good, being ever at doing good. Helps me memorize backwards around the circle.

[@laurieyork5186]

Weeks later I have to come back and thank you again, Aimee, for helping me understand the Circle of 5ths at long last. For 10 years since I started playing I have never understood why the Circle of 5ths is important and I was completely confused by it. After playing your two PDF exercises every day for a few weeks I'm now able to play without the music and I really get how the chords flow and relate to each other. And now key signatures make sense too! I feel like my ears and hands are learning where to go without having to think about it. Really amazing two exercises that you created and because they sound so nice it's fun to play them. On PDF #2 I figure out that the 2nd note of the chord in my right hand is the first note my left hand plays - voila! Can't thank you enough, Aimee! This is going to make improv so much easier. You're the best!

[@AimeeNolte]

That makes me so happy. Thank you for sharing.

[@philippederome2434]

That is where I want to be in a few weeks or months Laurie.

[@piratealleyvideo5072]

Love your info.. thank you

[@laurieyork5186]

Your tutorials are excellent and very helpful to me. I've struggled with Circle of Fifths for ages and you made it all so clear. Your exercises sound great which makes them fun to play and easy to remember. And it's validating to hear you talk about different types of sensory memory. The creative process is incredibly fascinating and I enjoy hearing you talk about it.Thank you so much Aimee!

[@StevieG777]

#1 sounds like a Vince Guaraldi and George Winston collab. Good stuff Aimee.

[@enterprisesoftwarearchitect]

I love Vince Guaraldi music!! Well said.

[@wyattstevens8574]

I love the Charlie Brown soundtrack. If you put the intro in compound meter (either 6/8 or 12/8) then I think it would almost sound like "Skating."

[@emiliocuberos]

Wonderful exercise. It sounds so beautiful, it's enjoyable to practice, and it's the routine that actually helped me memorize/internalize the circle of fifths. Maravilloso Aimee, gracias.

[@jackmuratore9424]

Nicky Hopkins plays the 2 into the 3 constantly. So pretty. Floyd Cramer and Norah Jones does it too, but slightly different. As for the circle, I recently started beginning each practice with scales . I move clockwise and counterclockwise.

[@PianoWithJonny]

Nice Aimee! I really like how you tie the chords together with these melodies.

[@AimeeNolte]

Thx my man!!

[@wyattstevens8574]

@@AimeeNolte I noticed that the first exercise sounded almost like "Skating" from "Charlie Brown Christmas." In another comment, I found a few songs that work their way around the "Co5 progression."

[@truefilm6991]

@@wyattstevens8574 yes, yes. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a musical treasure trove. Vince Guaraldi was unafraid of musical beauty.

Beautiful intro in a very rainy morning here in Southern California.

[@internet6695]

Took piano lessons for years, this is the best explanation of the circle of 5ths I have ever heard. I think I finally understand it.

[@philippederome2434]

I have a feeling that the circle of fifths is not as important in classical music, at least for casual interpretation, as opposed to jazz and other forms of music where improvisation is welcome. And if your training was classical as for mine, that would be an explanation as to why it was too abstract (or merely used to explain written notation) and not applied.

[@suefauziyah]

Big thank you Aimee for this lesson! I was afraid to try playing around the circle, thought it would be too hard for me, but these exercises seemed simple enough that I gave them a try. And lo and behold I could play them! Playing that jump started my confidence to try playing other things around the circle. Now I’m making progress, and it all started here with this video. 🙂

[@AimeeNolte]

Yeah Sue!!

[@philippederome2434]

I know that this first drill plays on II-V-1 cycling them through, but still hearing the first 4-5 bars, I thought Hey this is Yellow Brick Road by Elton John (aah-aah-aah part) and sure enough the second II-V-I (Eb-Ab-Db) is exactly the same (at least according to the Elton John score I purchased); which is then followed by Bbmin-D7(dominant)-FMaj, which resolves the melody-harmony. Now I love this video with the chord and broken chord form and especially the move from 2nd to 3rd that you purposefully do not write onto the 1st PDF (good on you, the written form is to convey the idea not all the gory details). I very much like your encouragement to improvise and fool around with melodies on it; I must try this in next few days. Glad that I joined in Nebula as I don't have the Google ads interrupting and I get access to the transcripts.

[@debiomalley8326]

Reminds me of the “Field of Dreams” soundtrack. Nice and inventive. Thank u.

[@zazoomatt]

Thank You Aimee for allowing me to get this Special Circle at Nebula studying my Piano Off How Wonderful The Emma lets go ! w/ Harpejji was a Well thought of Position of Musical Architecture and Thoughtful Love one has for a Sister. Effort to Learn to play this . . .Fenom. Applause for You.

[@AimeeNolte]

Much thanks to you too, Matt!

[@kendrick10601]

Your son is lucky, he has access to the best teacher

[@truefilm6991]

Just a few moments in an I'm already loving it. Yes, it's a lifelong pursuit. But once you can at least grab a ii V I progression in each, you are good to come up with wonderful piano improvs, such as during a show, when the singer or MC makes a gesture: "just play some stuff while I'm talking!". :)

[@mikel917]

Your theory discussions are always helpful, even for guitarists!

[@AimeeNolte]

Thanks Mike! Share it with your guitar-playing buddies!

[@mikel917]

Will do!

[@martijnvanbeek4387]

From fan to big fan after this exercise!

[@martijnvanbeek4387]

Sounds wonderful to me:)

[@dallascowboys75006]

Your a wonderful person and teacher - even though I'm a guitar player, I still love your channel and learn a lot. I am digging into the circle of 5th - I am going to try and adapt this to the guitar. Thanks again... Love your channel, keep it up!

[@philippederome2434]

If you are into rock, have a look at Rick Beato too. He has music theory (and hearing exercises) books for guitar and sometimes has good promotions on them; I didn't purchase as I cannot play guitar.

[@dallascowboys75006]

@@philippederome2434 yep - follow Rick. He's hard to avoid if your into guitar and online....nhes done well making himself known.

[@andrewstillwell1191]

This is so cool 😎

[@TheRealSandleford]

thanks for this one the Quartatonic scale... Eh or the Tennesee Waltz scale! Got a lot from it. I heard another one recently too with 1,4,5 repeated up an octave or so but on a chord that makes them different things for the chord... for g maj, D,E,F and B... or from the 3rd 5th 6th or 7th of the chord.....twas on a lesson for improvising on Spain... for the following F#7 its only suggested for either the 3rd or sixth....still working on learning a lick from chopin that works on that 4 chord.. Op34 no.2

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for this. I've used the circle for exercises but decided to power through fundamentals and finish my method books. But this sounds too good to not do.

[@hodkinsn]

Great lesson many thanks, a real insight. To help me I like to write out the scoring and discovered that there is a missing missing flat on the B of the Eb chord 123, 5 note sequence ( Ex2.) Cheers Bryan NZ

[@shaunmaq]

Thank You Mem...🎹🎤

[@11kwright]

Well I’m heading over to Nebula.

[@AimeeNolte]

Much thanks!

[@javamon]

If you're taking requests, could you do a theory analysis of "A Song for You" by Leon Russel? I would like to know what makes that song tick. Thanks.

[@ayokay123]

Just heard "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" in the beginning. Ha! :D

[@kaivrock]

It has a Jimmy Webb kind of feel to it.

[@user-di7lj8xq8f]

ITS CALLED THE THANKSGIVING SONG

[@andrewundershaft1162]

Thanks, mice exercise. Are there any rules for the fingering on the left hand? You seem to switch between 5-1, 5-2 and 3-1.

[@davedave8608]

continuous 2-5-1s

[@wyattstevens8574]

If you considered each 1 to be a new 2, that would work.

[@TheRealSandleford]

The second exercise you made up, to get all keys would you go down half step after that 9th to maj 3rd on the F# then continue beginning 9th to maj third every whole step?

[@AimeeNolte]

The second exercise takes you through all the keys on its own.

[@SusanRichardsDay]

Why are there 4th going counter clockwise ?

[@user-xl6up1fw2o]

Your first example is interesting ... it sounds like Elton John's song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road don't You think ??

[@theoutsideas]

Do u have a course I can take?

[@AimeeNolte]

go.nebula.tv/aimeenolte

[@michaelnorris2522]

Art Garfunkel -- All I Know (by Jimmy Webb)

[@AimeeNolte]

Dude!! I thought of that today and I’ve been listening to it a bunch! Same wavelength- you and I!

[@michaelnorris2522]

@@AimeeNolte I had the 45 at the time and listened to it constantly. The first couple seconds of the video instantly took me back.

[@wyattstevens8574]

@@AimeeNolte Or "Skating" (Vince Guaraldi- almost, that is: this isn't in a compound meter but "Skating" is)

[@hodkinsn]

....and the B in the Ab chord 1235, note sequence ... or am I missing something?

[@peterjansen4826]

I know the pattern but I still have to calculate it way too much. I know the sequences of flats and sharps and I know that the flat-keys run one behind on the flats, so f-major having only the B-flat, b-flat-minor having the b-flat and e-flat, e-flat minor having 3 flats etc Then when it is minor I know that I have to deduct 3 semitones to get the minor key. In the case of the sharps I know that the sequence is F-C-G and then I just complete the row with reasoning, the D coming after the C so the D on the 4th place, the A coming after G so the A on the 5th place... The downside of easily seeing patterns, you get lazy. Lot of time and energy wasted on reasoning, it probably is better to know it by heart.

[@user-di7lj8xq8f]

SOUNDS LIKE VINCE GERALDI PLAYING

[@petezientz8586]

Can't download pdf for this video from Nebula. Message says it can't be downloaded securely. But pdf's from your other videos load no problem.

[@AimeeNolte]

Oh that’s not good. I just went and tried and everything was OK. I wonder what the problem is. Could you let me know what the message says?

[@petezientz8586]

@@AimeeNolte Message is..."Circle-1-2.zip can't be downloaded securely" . Might be something on my end. Attempt on other pdf's from you on Nebula don't seem to be zip files. Don't make yourself crazy over this. I just thought anything to help me get thru the circle of fifths would be cool. I really enjoy your stuff. Happy Thanksgiving in advance.

[@AimeeNolte]

Email me Pete - [e-mail]

[@petezientz8586]

@@AimeeNolte Thank you

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You signed up for a bundle. Two different platforms. CuriosityStream is for documentaries. Nebula is where I am at. Check your email. You would have gotten a welcome email from Nebula that tells you how to login! Thank you so much!

[@lnxguit]

Reminds me of Floyd Cramer!

[@AimeeNolte]

True! I do have a whole video about him also!

[@lnxguit]

@@AimeeNolte Wonderful! I'll watch it right away.

[@xjazz666]

F is forth of C. Why do you say fifth?

[@u906]

In case anyone else comes across this: Look up circle of fifths and circle of fourths and how they interact. Basically, while C->F going up in tone is a fourth, its inversion (F->C, with the C higher than F) is a fifth. Hope that helps

[@williamgreeson8387]

She said she was going backwards around the cycle, which is fourths.

[@renanxavier6826]

With all due respect, in my opinion, there is a much better way to learn about the harmonic field. This technique, developed by Johann Sebastian Bach, is highly underrated but is more efficient than any other method. I have a sample of it on my channel.