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Circle 639

C4G5D6A7E8B9G♭D♭A♭0E♭B♭F3
Drawn with C as tonic at position 4, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1A♭00·10·21F31C41G51D61A71E81B9
Binary
1001111111
Chain
With gaps
Prime form
(0134578t)
Interval vector
⟨456562⟩
Transpositions
12
Mirror
Its own inversion
Triads
C Dm E Em F Fm G Am
Sevenths
Cmaj7 Dm7 Dm7♭5 Ddim7 E7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fm(maj7) Fdim7 G7 A♭dim7 Am7 Am(maj7) Bm7♭5 Bdim7

Songs in this circle

19 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 · A · E · B · F♯ · C♯ · G♯ · D♯Play
3—D♯ · C · G · D · A · E · B · F♯Play
4—A♭ · F · C · G · D · A · E · BPlay
5—D♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · A · EPlay
6—G♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · D · APlay
7—B · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · G · DPlay
8—E · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · C · GPlay
9—A · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · F · CPlay

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