Circle of Thirds (what you need to know)

In music, the Circle of Thirds is a powerful pattern. But few people know about it -- and of those who do, they picture it the wrong way. Here, we look at the best way to look at this cool tool for songwriting, so you can get the most out of it.

BOOKMARKS:
0:00 Hey there
0:42 Circle of Thirds
3:47 G Major Scale on piano
4:45 G Major Scale in a better depiction
7:19 Back to the original circle (inferior) depiction
9:40 Like a pinball machine (illustration from Lesson #7)
(Lesson #7: How Chords Function | https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/80...)
11:28 Another benefit of this arrangement -- we can see cool connections
14:58 The original depiction can be misleading
17:56 Let's play another progression
19:29 Another depiction to show more cool connections
21:29 Summarizing the benefits to THIS depiction over other versions
22:39 Let's get a cleaner diagram (I've marked that one up)
23:48 Big flower/sun diagram (Major Scale, Circle of Fifths, Circle of Thirds, ***
27:13 C: Cool it shows mediants (ChordMap visual)
29:18 C: Stacked Thirds acronym
31:44 C: Another acronym
32:07 C: First time understanding this
33:55 C: I don't read music, but want to play along
35:20 Q: How are you tonight?
35:50 C: Love the simplicity of stacking Thirds
37:14 C: Venn diagram shows I, IV, V in all chords
38:24 C: So many country songs are G, C, G, but I see a great tool for many people
42:05 C: Visualizing helps
42:33 Q: Hammond Organ will work?
43:20 Wrap up

🤘GET into the LIBRARY!🤘
Theory course. Diagrams. PDFs. Conversation. Like-minded musicians.
https://mycolormusic.com/

▶ LINKS 🎥
THE GEOMETRY OF CHORDS: https://youtube.com/live/5Sb8lVjWcGw

🎹 SHOP 🎸
https://shop.mycolormusic.com/

👕 MERCH 🧢
https://colormusic.creator-spring.com/

🤼‍♂️ CONNECT 🗣
LIBRARY: https://mikegeorge.locals.com/
RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/MikeGeorge
TIKTOK: @mikegeorge360
SITE: https://mycolormusic.com/
EMAIL: mycolormusic[at]gmail[dot]com