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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Lesson #23: Am and the Circle of Fifths (Guitar, Intermediate)

Compare this table of sharps and flats with the same lesson in C (Am is the relative minor of C major, by the way):

A minor

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

A







Em (1 sharp)





E

F#

G

A

B

C

D

E



Bm (2 sharps)


B

C#

D

E

F#

G

A

B






F#m (3 sharps)






F#

G#

A

B

C#

D

E

F#


C#m (4 sharps)



C#

D#

E

F#

G#

A

B

C#





G#m (5 sharps)







G#

A#

B

C#

D#

E

F#

G#

Ebm (6 flats)





Eb

F

Gb

Ab

Bb

Cb

Db

Eb



Bbm (5 flats)


Bb

C

Db

Eb

F

Gb

Ab

Bb






Fm (4 flats)






F

G

Ab

Bb

C

Db

Eb

F


Cm (3 flats)



C

D

Eb

F

G

Ab

Bb

C





Gm (2 flats)







G

A

Bb

C

D

Eb

F

G

Dm (1 flat)




D

E

F

G

A

Bb

C

D




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