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Circle 127

Diatonic — major scale and its modes

C1G2D3A4E5B6G♭D♭A♭E♭B♭F0
Drawn with C as tonic at position 1, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1F01C11G21D31A41E51B6
Binary
1111111
Chain
Unbroken
Prime form
(013568t)
Interval vector
⟨254361⟩
Transpositions
12
Mirror
Its own inversion
Triads
C Dm Em F G Am
Sevenths
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7 Am7 Bm7♭5

Songs in this circle

132 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

An unbroken chain of seven fifths: each position carries its usual mode name. Each row keeps C as tonic and moves the other notes around it.

PositionNameNotes from C, in fifths
0LydianC · G · D · A · E · B · F♯Play
1IonianF · C · G · D · A · E · BPlay
2MixolydianB♭ · F · C · G · D · A · EPlay
3DorianE♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · APlay
4AeolianA♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · DPlay
5PhrygianD♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · GPlay
6LocrianG♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · CPlay

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