Lesson #7: C and the Circle of Fifths (Guitar, Intermediate)

If you mastered the previous six lessons, then you've become an awesome guitar player...in the key of C. No doubt you already know what the C major diatonic scale is made of: C D E F G A B...and up a higher octave starting with C. Let's look forward to the next 11 weeks worth of lessons and see how their respective major diatonic scales work:

C

C

D

E

F

G

A

B

C

G (1 sharp)

G

A

B

C

D

E

F#

G

D (2 sharps)

D

E

F#

G

A

B

C#

D

A (3 sharps)

A

B

C#

D

E

F#

G#

A

E (4 sharps)

E

F#

G#

A

B

C#

D#

E

B (5 sharps)

B

C#

D#

E

F#

G#

A#

B

F# (6 sharps)

F#

G#

A#

B

C#

D#

E#

F#

Db (5 flats)

Db

Eb

F

Gb

Ab

Bb

C

Db

Ab (4 flats)

Ab

Bb

C

Db

Eb

F

G

Ab

Eb (3 flats)

Eb

F

G

Ab

Bb

C

D

Eb

Bb (2 flats)

Bb

C

D

Eb

F

G

A

Bb

F (1 flat)

F

G

A

Bb

C

D

E

F