9 notes · Forte 9-7

Circle 1021

C1G2D3A4E5B6G♭7D♭A♭9E♭B♭F0
Drawn with C as tonic at position 1, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1F01C11G21D31A41E51B61G♭70·81A♭9
Binary
1111111101
Chain
With gaps
Prime form
(01234578t)
Interval vector
⟨677673⟩
Transpositions
12
Mirror
Distinct from its inversion
Triads
C D Dm E Em F Fm G Am Bm
Sevenths
Cmaj7 D7 Dm7 Dm7♭5 Ddim7 E7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fm(maj7) Fdim7 G♭m7♭5 Gmaj7 G7 A♭m7♭5 A♭dim7 Am7 Am(maj7) Bm7 Bm7♭5 Bdim7

Songs in this circle

18 songs share this shape in a passage or across their whole harmonic analysis. Matching is exact under transposition, regardless of the tonic.

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Positions of the tonic

This chain has gaps or is not seven notes long: positions have no mode names. We speak of positions, and nothing else. Each row keeps C as tonic and moves the other notes around it.

PositionNameNotes from C, in fifths
0—C · G · D · A · E · B · F♯ · C♯ · D♯Play
1—F · C · G · D · A · E · B · G♭ · A♭Play
2—B♭ · F · C · G · D · A · E · B · D♭Play
3—E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · A · E · G♭Play
4—A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · A · BPlay
5—D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · EPlay
6—G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · APlay
7—B · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · DPlay
9—A · E · B · F♯ · C♯ · G♯ · D♯ · A♯ · CPlay

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