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    Composition Exercise 2b - Slicing The Cake Quadrants of The Circle of 5ths

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    The document discusses the circle of fifths and how it can be used to identify the chords in a given key. It explains that the primary chords of a key (the tonic, subdominant, and dominant) are found to the immediate right and left of the key chord on the circle. The secondary chords (minor chords) are found inside the circle from those chords. Exercises are provided to have the reader identify chords in specific keys using the circle of fifths and to write chord progressions modulating between keys by preceding the new key with its dominant chord.

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    The document discusses the circle of fifths and how it can be used to identify the chords in a given key. It explains that the primary chords of a key (the tonic, subdominant, and dominant) are found to the immediate right and left of the key chord on the circle. The secondary chords (minor chords) are found inside the circle from those chords. Exercises are provided to have the reader identify chords in specific keys using the circle of fifths and to write chord progressions modulating between keys by preceding the new key with its dominant chord.

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    The document discusses the circle of fifths and how it can be used to identify the chords in a given key. It explains that the primary chords of a key (the tonic, subdominant, and dominant) are found to the immediate right and left of the key chord on the circle. The secondary chords (minor chords) are found inside the circle from those chords. Exercises are provided to have the reader identify chords in specific keys using the circle of fifths and to write chord progressions modulating between keys by preceding the new key with its dominant chord.

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    NAME _______________________________DATE: ________________

    SLICING THE CAKE – Quadrants in the circle of fifths

    On the circle of fifths (see below), the three major chords of a particular key are found to the immediate
    right & left of the key chord. So in the Key of C major, G & F. These are the three ‘Primary chords’. The
    one to the right is the ‘dominant’ (G in this case). This is the chord that ‘establishes’ a particular key.

    The three minor chords (the secondary chords) are found inside the circle from those chords. So for C
    major Am, Em & Dm. (each is the ‘relative minor’ of the major chord outside it)

    So a ‘cake slice’ around a key gives you all the chords of that key (except that pesky chord seven).

    Exercise 1- Cake Slice. Use the circle of fifths below to find out the answer to the following questions:

    1) What are the chords of the key of D major?

    i) Major ___ ___ ___ ii) Minor ___ ___ ___ iii) in alphabetic order: 1 2 3 4 5 6
    (write the chord above the number)
    2) What are the chords of the key of Ab major?

    i) Major ___ ___ ___ ii) Minor ___ ___ ___ iii) in alphabetic order: 1 2 3 4 5 6
    (write the chord above the number)

    3) Write the chord sequence 1625 in each key D major: 1 6 2 5 Ab Major: 1 6 2 5


    (write the chord above the number)

    Exercise 2 – Modulation To establish a new key you need to establish the dominant of the new key. So
    to change key (modulate) from D major to Ab major you need to precede it with it’s dominant i.e. Eb (i.e.
    chord 5). You might also precede that with the 2 chord of the new key i.e. Bbm. This is a 251.
    So a 2 5 1 onto Ab (with 7ths added) is: Bbm7 Eb7 Ab

    Write the sequence 1 3 6 4 in Bb and then change key to E major and write the same sequence
    preceding the new key with chords 2 & 5 for the new key (write the chord above the number)

    Bb major 1 3 6 4 E major (2 5) 1 3 6 4

    The next chord (to the right) is the dominant (5th) of the last
    Treble Treble
    Clef Lines Clef
    Spaces
    F (Food) E
    D (Deserves)
    B (Boy)
    C 
    G (Good)
    A
    F
    E (Every)

    Bass Clef
    Bass
    Clef Spaces
    Lines
    G (Grass)
    A (Always)
    F (Food) E (Eat)
    D (Deserve) C (Cows)
    B (Boys) A (All)
    G (Good)

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