Tool

Circle of fifths

Every key arranged by the fifth that separates them, with its key signature, its relative minor and its neighbours.

Each step clockwise rises a fifth and adds a sharp; each step anticlockwise falls a fifth and adds a flat. The inner ring holds the relative minor of each key, which shares its key signature. Click a key.

CAmGEmDBmAF♯mEC♯mBG♯mF♯D♯mD♭B♭mA♭FmE♭CmB♭GmFDm

C major

No accidentals

Relative
— the same key signature, in the other mode.
Parallel
— the same tonic, in the other mode.
A fifth above
— the dominant's key; one accidental more.
A fifth below
— the subdominant's key; one accidental fewer.

The harmonic field of C major

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