7 notes · Forte 7-21

Circle 827

C5G6DA8E9BG♭D♭0A♭1E♭B♭F4
Drawn with C as tonic at position 5, the proposed reading. Major and minor triads shown inside.
1D♭01A♭10·20·31F41C51G60·71A81E9
Binary
1100111011
Chain
With gaps
Prime form
(0124589)
Interval vector
⟨424641⟩
Transpositions
12
Mirror
Distinct from its inversion
Triads
C D♭ D♭m F Fm A Am
Sevenths
D♭maj7 D♭m(maj7) Fmaj7 Fm(maj7) Amaj7 A7 Am7 Am(maj7)

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 · E · B · F♯ · A♭ · D♯Play
1—F · C · A · E · B · D♭ · G♯Play
4—A♭ · E♭ · C · G · D · F♭ · BPlay
5—D♭ · A♭ · F · C · G · A · EPlay
6—G♭ · D♭ · B♭ · F · C · D · APlay
8—E · B · G♯ · D♯ · A♯ · C · GPlay
9—A · E · C♯ · G♯ · D♯ · F · B♯Play

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