Unlock Secrets to Scales the circle of 5ths is hiding from you

The Circle of 5ths. If you have ever been confused, or don't really get the Circle of 5ths, it's because much of the information to understand key signatures, scales, etc., is missing. Or at least needs some background information to truly understand everything. Adam Smale explains everything in a way that will give you all the background and help you to understand the cycle of 4ths or 5ths in a complete way. If you've wanted to learn some music theory for beginners, key signatures, major scales, minor scales, major scale in all keys, understand the circle of 5ths, cycle of 4ths, or the circle of 4ths explained, sharps and flats, all sharp keys, and all flat keys finally explained, then this video is for you!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - Major Scale Formula, why the Circle of 5ths Sucks
2:39 - All the Flat Keys and notes of each
10:28 - How to Write a proper Flat Symbol
11:35 - Continuing Flat Keys
13:29 - All the Sharp Keys
22:31 - Where Flats and Sharps Collide & Enharmonics
28:33 - Where Do Flats & Sharps Occur?
32:52 - Best Way to Think of Sharps and Flats
34:45 - What About Minor Keys?
36:53 - What You Should do Next
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[@m.vonhollen6673]

Great stuff! Any serious musician needs to be able to write out all 15 key signatures, without hesitation. There’s 12 notes so there’s really only 12 keys but C#=Db, Cb=B, and Gb=F#; so those 3 keys have 2 names (as they are ENHARMONIC).- You have to get so down with it that if I say “b7 in the key of A?”, you immediately know it’s G. Waste no time! It’s doable and essential. Also be able to name any note on the neck, without hesitation.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

YES!!! Totally. You got it. 100% Thanks for putting it so well.

[@HigherPlanes]

I'll admit I had doubts... I was thinking, "not another circle of 5ths video." but this proved to be very helpful. Kudos, my dude.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks! There’s too many of those circle videos. This gets to the meat of the matter. And thanks for checking it out.

[@PJ-ee5mc]

I am so glad that I discovered you! This a very good lesson and your delivery of this information was spot on. Please keep do what you are doing and know that you are making a positive difference.

[@GuitarQuackery]

Thank you, again, for another great instructional video.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Cheers, amigo!

[@PJ-ee5mc]

I am so glad that I discovered you! This a very good lesson and your delivery of this information was spot on.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

I’m glad you found it helpful. And thanks for the Super!!! You rock!

[@jeffereyjimenez6439]

Please, do the other shapes and demonstrate how to connect chord changes with all this. Great video!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks Jeffery. Just to clarify, what do you mean by shapes?

[@MazRixx]

Good lesson great way to look at this. Seeing the Circle of 5ths in the clock like diagram is a big help too.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Now the circle makes more sense now, right? Thanks for watching!

[@Andysumm555]

Wow, every day is a school day ! I see you get BEADGCF in the sharps as well. Thank you for explaining this.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

That’s right, they’re reversed!

[@smhill27]

Good stuff!! Thank you for sharing.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Absolutely! Feel free to poke around the channel to see what else you may find helpful learning music, especially jazz.

[@BobHutchins]

Finally this is starting to make sense. Thanks!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks for checking it out.

[@mattg629]

This is a great! Thx!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks for leaving a comment. I’ve got a bunch of lessons on my channel you might be interested. www.youtube.com/@JazzRockswithAdam

[@dwaynehendricks7842]

Yea, it's as clear as mud!

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

I don’t know how I can be any clearer. What parts do you not understand? Let me help you.

[@user-oe8xk2te5z]

Very good way of looking at 4ths & 5ths! Also impressed with your ability to work from top and bottom with an almost perfect fit in the mid... :)

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Ha!! Thanks. I got really lucky. Thanks for watching.

[@deandee8082]

must be for piano, seems different on guitar, I just watched a video of a guy using the notes all on a fretboard it seemed different, he wasn't using the 4th note each time he started over he just used the next note in sequence was it? of course I cannot find the bookmark..

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

It’s not instrument specific. This is information that can be used on any instrument. Apply it to guitar by cycling through in 4ths and 5ths, one new string each day. You’ll remember the cycle if you practice the order of sharps and flats and how to remember it as I talk about in the lesson.

[@micheldindaine8403]

one can add that the interval btwn the 4th degree and the 7th degree form the tritone that confirme wich key you are in. Those mouvements of 4th and 7th set a new tritone each time therefore a new key.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Absolutely! Yet another way to look at things. Thanks for the comment.

[@purbecktemple]

Thank you

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@edcrutchfield3447]

Man if there is a music heaven your going there!🎸thank you for your valuable teaching and patience. You nailed a very difficult subject. Thank you 😁🎸. By the way , how to draw a flat❤️. I/2 a heart 👍

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks Ed! Feel free to check out some of my other many videos while you’re here.

[@jeffro.]

The formula for Major scale is easier, at least for me, to remember 2 bits or segments (i know there's a word for it) of W, W, H that are joined together by a W. That way, it's symmetrical.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

You’re thinking of tetrachords. But you are correct.

[@lunartunes4651]

Once you got this learned how long did it take you to learn the location of the notes on the neck? How did you learn it well enough to have immediate recall to aid in improv

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

First off, thanks for watching. By having to find notes to play chords, scales, improvising, and especially reading music, you simply know the fretboard having to locate all the right notes. But there are some things that you can do to shore up grey areas or speed up the process. I have a running 10 Challenge to learn your fretboard you may want to check out. Here’s the video: 10 Day Challenge: Learn your fretboard once and for all! (Let me help) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmWpeqaHecmYf8U You can sign up for it here: bit.ly/3ucZhUn Totally free and you’ll automatically be emailed a new lesson each day to work on learning your fretboard.

[@lunartunes4651]

I am a huge fan. I don’t know how I missed that opportunity. I just signed up. Thanks so much for your help.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@lunartunes4651 No problem!

[@mikga45]

I understand it, but hurts my head just thinking about it. Learning one line or 2 not a problem. I'm 65 years old and this as a whole is over my head. I appreciate the effort you made to lay this out for everyone.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@mikga45 I can understand that if any theory is new to you. But I would not give up if I were you. Pick one new string every day and play all the scales in order on that string: adding one flat each time or and one sharp each time like I taught you. You’ll learn it by applying it, doing it rather than only thinking through it.

[@jeffro.]

It might be more clear if i could actually read the whiteboard on my phone. Maybe if i was watching this on my laptop i could see it better, but most videos i watch on my phone. No, there is no Cb. You never explained why moving in 4ths. This is all confusing to me. I've learned SO MUCH theory, but the circle of 5ths (or 4ths) seems too complicated to remember. Don't get me wrong, in can use it for all kinds of things, (seeing the I, IV, V, etc, the relative minor/ Major, all sorts of things...), but I can't remember the actual order of the letters. Yeah, I can figure a lot out, cuz I know all the notes of all the chords. And, when reading music I can figure out the key by using that stupid circle by counting sharps going clockwise and flats going counter-clockwise (from the top). But I just can't remember the stupid circle! And I can't count in 5ths (or 4ths)! I guess I have a mental block when it comes to that confounded "cycle."

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

There most certainly is a Cb. It’s a real thing. It can be anywhere, but most notably in the keys of Gb and Cb.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

…did you try holding your phone in landscape position?

[@georget7028]

You can't get flats if you go from C to D etc. You get sharps. On the other hand if you go from C to B etc. You get frats.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

B Major has 5 sharps. Unless there’s a joke in there I’m not getting.

[@danhusband6154]

Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father for flats / Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle for sharps

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Yup, you got it!

[@yoheff988]

excellent explanation! I was wondering if you have some kind of a technique to memorize those formulas on a fly? What I mean is: I met musicians that are able to spell out every scale with the notes telling you what notes are flats and sharps instantly without pausing for a moment, would love to be able to do that, needless to say that I'm always thing and calculatings in order for me to do so.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks! There’s only one formula for a major scale. The best way to learn the scales is practice them in the order of flats and sharps because it forces you to learn the notes in them. As long as you practice them all from memory and not looking at a cheat-sheet of some kind. Just follow the concepts I laid out in the video, you’ll be fine.

[@rachibilandi4760]

This is one of great lessons masters don’t share.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Don’t share?

[@GuitarJams-zs7yf]

It sound like you are saying tho practice your scales in notes and not in patterns. If so then can you explain how to practice in notes? I always easily go to patterns.

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

I think the best way to start is up and down each string first, starting on the lowest note in the scale on each string. It doesn’t have to be always the root. And yes, think note names, not patterns.

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[@JazzRockswithAdam]

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[@B3-R]

I see the forth step: D flat had six flats you wrote 5 flats , or not?

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Db does have 5 flats. Yes. Gb has 6b.

[@B3-R]

I see why because continuing to the next is there a D flat marked, this belongs to the next, it's absolutely clear👍 Thanks

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@B3-R Glad everything makes sense for you now!

[@B3-R]

@@JazzRockswithAdam yes, thanks

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@B3-R Absolutely!

[@brettrhea9179]

Dropping a line

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Thanks for dropping a line.

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[@JazzRockswithAdam]

I always wear a hat! 😀

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[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@user-jb4ei8hi7n on gigs…yes.

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[@JazzRockswithAdam]

@@user-jb4ei8hi7n Thanks! I have quite a few.

[@rocker8692]

I hate jazz

[@JazzRockswithAdam]

Too bad. But what has that got to do with scales and key signatures? Just basic music stuff…