Hey! My name is Rogier, and I recently quit my corporate management job to focus on what I really love – music. About a year ago I got the idea to develop a tool for learning music theory based on the circle of fifths, and today I am happy to announce that Wheel of Fifths – an online community for musicians – is officially live!
Why is the circle of fifths so important to understand?
The circle of fifths is based on intervals, similar to how major and minor scales are built. The circle of fifths is designed in such a way that it can be used visualise these scales – allowing you to quickly identify the notes in a scale, or the chords in a chord progression.
What is the Wheel of Fifths Songwriting Tool?
The Wheel of Fifths Songwriting Tool is an intuitive songwriting and compositional tool that can be used to memorise scales and create chord progressions. The tool helps you internalise all the fundamentals for music composition in a fun and accessible way, allowing you to create and navigate chord progressions on any melodic instrument – whether you are learning how to play the guitar, ukulele, bass or piano. It is designed to deepen your understanding of music theory, so you can seamlessly integrate theory into your playing. The tool features an easy-to-use slider, that will quickly show you the chords in any major on minor scale. On the back of the tool all essential concepts are explained – from intervals to scales, chords, chord progressions, harmonic function and non-diatonic chords.
Personally, using the songwriting tool during my music practice has helped me memorise all major and minor scales. As a visual learner, practicing with a printed tool also allowed me to see patterns in the circle of fifths that I did not see before, such as useful patterns for chord resolution and memorising all intervals between any two notes.
What is the Wheel of Fifths Community?
Wheel of Fifths is primarily an online community for free music and music theory lessons, aimed at making learning music theory both fun and accessible. Besides songwriting tool, Wheel of Fifths has an extensive blog with free lessons about all things music – from learning how to balance music theory and emotion to in-depth lessons about chords and scales.
If you are interested in our community and want to show support, feel free to check out the Instagram page (@wheelof5ths) or visit the website at www.wheelof5ths.com. Our platform is updated frequently with new lessons, interviews with musicians, and much more. And if you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer them in the comments.
Submitted November 28, 2022 at 08:38AM by wheelof5ths https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/z6uayf/i_designed_an_intuitive_tool_for_learning_music/?utm_source=ifttt