jimdville
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Memorize songs using the Circle of 5ths? You bet! Find out how. http://playukulelebyear.blogspot.com
Jim,
I've been trying to get our club to deep six the paper for years. Any suggestions? Also do you have a simple explaination of the Circle of 5ths I could share with them?
An easy way to get folks excited and learning about the circle is to simply show them the I to V7 to I relationships and how to play simple two-chord songs in any key (C-G7-C, G-D7-G, D-A7-D etc. a 5th up at at time all the way around the circle). That's the first step.Jim,
I've been trying to get our club to deep six the paper for years. Any suggestions? Also do you have a simple explanation of the Circle of 5ths I could share with them?
Ukuleleblues,
I'vr played guitar and ukulele for years and whenever I see something on the Circle of Fifths, I'll read up a little on it but don't find that practical use moment. I do understand the major-minor relationship, especially when you look at chord shapes.
So when this thread came up, again, I decided to do some searching, even looked at the Dummies stuff. But I found the link below that actually has some practical use in understanding the if-I-have-this-chord-what-do-I-play-next stuff. I don't know if it will help but...
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5079-the-circle-of-fifths/
John
I'll be posting something soon about how to find the key of a song.I find it just takes a day or two to memorize a song from a sheet. But there are a couple of songs that I cannot find chords for and I am not musical enough to figure out the chords. Or even the key.
Well, unfortunately, that's what I'm talking about! The first tune I looked for, Django Reinhardt's "Nuages" is not in the key found on the YouTube version I'm working from (F), and the changes themselves are not what I hear as appropriate under that melody. Django used a lot of diminished chords...and sometimes they were implied as extensions of minor 7ths, but that diminished sound is pure Django. Some of it's also in working the voicings and inversions appropriately to carry the melody through.
But it's another resource that I'll certainly use for cross-reference, and they've got the right material there.
Jim's work with instruction is outstanding said:Thanks for the kind words, Rick.