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Crataegus (28 January 2012 - 12:45 PM) : If your circle is C-G-D-A-E-&c. around the right, if you go to the right in a piece (you go from C to G) you increase tension; going to the left decreases it
CuboidVertex (28 January 2012 - 12:44 PM) : whats the function then, in composing? So in a-b-c-d-e-f-g a minor scale its best to go from the a to the e chord ?
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:44 PM) : no, it's not from the key signature, it's actually from cantus firmus
Andy1044 (28 January 2012 - 12:44 PM) : it's a circle of 750ml bottles of alcohol
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:43 PM) : yes, in a way, it is like that
Crataegus (28 January 2012 - 12:43 PM) : That's where it's from, but it has a really important function
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:43 PM) : the strongest motion in counterpoint is that in which the bass note moves down by a fifth, so chords that move like that are the strongest
CuboidVertex (28 January 2012 - 12:43 PM) : g-d-a-e-b-fis-cis and f bes-es-as-des-ges-ces
CuboidVertex (28 January 2012 - 12:43 PM) : Is it just the order in which it says how many flats etc a scale has?
CuboidVertex (28 January 2012 - 12:42 PM) : lol I dont get the circle of fifthts
Andy1044 (28 January 2012 - 12:41 PM) : haha jem
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:41 PM) : he's already good, I can't see how much farther he could go
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:41 PM) : lol sounds like a plan for him
Max Castillo (28 January 2012 - 12:41 PM) : Jem said the other day, he's going to be less sophisticated, wtf
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:40 PM) : idk, why not. I didn't have the opportunity to learn Belorussian
Max Castillo (28 January 2012 - 12:39 PM) : why
Andy1044 (28 January 2012 - 12:39 PM) : 10 note suspensions are where it's at
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:39 PM) : Max because I learned it since I was like 8
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:39 PM) : something to that effect. It depends on your melody.
Ananth Balij... (28 January 2012 - 12:39 PM) : Crata - G Bb D G -> G Bb Db G -> G A Db E - > F# A D D

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