Circle of fifths
Choose a key to see its chords. Every key has its own page with chord diagrams and progressions.
C major
No sharps or flatsRelative minor A minor · next to it F major and G major
- IC
- iiDm
- iiiEm
- IVF
- VG
- viAm
- vii°Bdim
All 24 keys
How to read the circle
Going clockwise, each key is a fifth higher than the one before: one more sharp, or one flat fewer. Going anticlockwise, each key is a fifth lower: one more flat, or one sharp fewer.
The inner ring shows each major key's relative minor. The two share the same notes and the same key signature, so their chords overlap.
A key's six main chords sit together on the circle: the key itself, the two keys next to it and the three minor keys under them. That is why chords from a neighbouring key so often sound right.
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