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Circle 2015

C1G2D3A4EB6G♭7D♭8A♭9E♭10B♭F0
Drawn with C as tonic at position 1, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1F01C11G21D31A40·51B61G♭71D♭81A♭91E♭10
Binary
11111011111
Chain
With gaps
Prime form
(012346789t)
Interval vector
⟨888885⟩
Transpositions
6 (symmetric)
Mirror
Its own inversion
Triads
Cm D♭ D Dm F Fm G♭m G A♭ A♭m B Bm
Sevenths
Cm(maj7) Cdim7 D♭maj7 D♭7 Dmaj7 D7 Dm7 Dm(maj7) Dm7♭5 Ddim7 E♭m7♭5 E♭dim7 F7 Fm7 Fm7♭5 Fdim7 G♭m(maj7) G♭dim7 Gmaj7 G7 A♭maj7 A♭7 A♭m7 A♭m(maj7) A♭m7♭5 A♭dim7 Am7♭5 Adim7 B7 Bm7 Bm7♭5 Bdim7

Songs in this circle

1 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 · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭Play
1—F · C · G · D · A · B · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭Play
2—B♭ · F · C · G · D · E · B · G♭ · D♭ · A♭Play
3—E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · A · E · B · G♭ · D♭Play
4—A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · D · A · E · B · G♭Play
6—G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · C · G · D · A · EPlay
7—B · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · F · C · G · D · APlay
8—E · B · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · DPlay
9—A · E · B · G♭ · D♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · GPlay
10—D · A · E · B · G♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · CPlay

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