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  2. Circle of fifths - Wikipedia

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    The diatonic circle of fifths is the circle of fifths encompassing only members of the diatonic scale. Therefore, it contains a diminished fifth, in C major between B and F. See structure implies multiplicity. The circle progression is commonly a circle of fifths through the diatonic chords, including one diminished chord.

  3. vi–ii–V–I - Wikipedia

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    The circle progression is commonly a succession through all seven diatonic chords of a diatonic scale by fifths, including one progression by diminished fifth, (in C: between F and B) and one diminished chord (in C major, B o), returning to the tonic at the end. A full circle of fifths progression in C major is shown below.

  4. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor. Similarly, in minor keys, chords from the parallel major may also be "borrowed". For example, in E minor, the diatonic chord built on the fourth scale degree is IVm, or A minor. However, in practice, many songs in E minor will use IV (A major), which is borrowed from the key of E major.

  5. Pythagorean tuning - Wikipedia

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    7 diatonic semitones (m2) are ≈ 90.225 cents (100 − 5ε), 5 chromatic semitones (A1) are ≈ 113.685 cents (100 + 7ε), and their average is 100 cents. In short, similar differences in width are observed for all interval types, except for unisons and octaves, and they are all multiples of ε , the difference between the Pythagorean fifth ...

  6. Function (music) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of harmonic function originates in theories about just intonation.It was realized that three perfect major triads, distant from each other by a perfect fifth, produced the seven degrees of the major scale in one of the possible forms of just intonation: for instance, the triads F–A–C, C–E–G and G–B–D (subdominant, tonic, and dominant respectively) produce the seven ...

  7. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    Short cyclical progressions may be derived by selecting a sequence of chords from the series completing a circle from the tonic through all seven diatonic chords: [15] I–IV–vii o –iii–vi–ii–V–I. This type of progression was much used by classical composers, who introduced increasingly subtle inflections.

  8. Passing chord - Wikipedia

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    Passing chord in B ♭ from across the circle of fifths (tritone, see also tritone substitution): B ♮ 7 Play ⓘ. [1] The circle of fifths drawn within the chromatic circle as a star dodecagon. [2] In music, a passing chord is a chord that connects, or passes between, the notes of two diatonic chords. [3] "

  9. Perfect fifth - Wikipedia

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    In music theory, a perfect fifth is the musical interval corresponding to a pair of pitches with a frequency ratio of 3:2, or very nearly so.. In classical music from Western culture, a fifth is the interval from the first to the last of the first five consecutive notes in a diatonic scale. [2]