![]() In fact, within the tonality of C, if we move left (counterclockwise) starting from C, the further we move, the darker the sound of the notes we encounter… and the further right (clockwise) we move, the brighter the notes sound: In general, we can look at the notes to the left of C as adding darkness to a C scale, and the notes to the right as adding brightness. This gives the scale a darker, minor quality. We can see that three notes previously to the right of C have been replaced by notes to the left of C. ![]() That’s because if you start on a low F and ascend a perfect fifth six times, the notes you hit are exactly the notes of a C major scale:Ĭompare the C major scale to the C natural minor (Aeolian) scale pictured here: Notice how the notes lie together along one stretch of the circle. The circle around C is bolder than the others to indicate that we are looking at a C major scale rather than, say, a D Dorian scale (which consists of the same notes with a different root.) Let’s look at the notes of the C major scale, indicated on the circle of fifths:
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