# Guitar/Scale Manual

## Circle Of Fifths

!Circle of
Fifths{width="300"}

The Circle of Fifths is a memory aid for learning all the keys. Here are
some fundamental observations:

Clockwise direction shows all the sharp keys

Anti-clockwise shows all the flat keys

Both directions start at the key of C major which is 12 o'clock

C major is the only key that has no sharps or flats

Clockwise ends with the key of C sharp

Anti-clockwise ends with the key of C flat

C, C flat and C sharp use the same notation letters

Each successive \"hour\" clockwise adds a sharp

Each successive \"hour\" anti-clockwise adds a flat

The name \"circle of fifths\" refers to the interval between the root
note of each successive scale in the clockwise direction.

Anti-clockwise the root note of each scale forms the interval of a
fourth with the root note of the following scale.

## One Octave Major Scales Clockwise

!C major one
octave.png "C major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !G major one
octave.png "G major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !D major one
octave.png "D major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !A major one
octave.png "A major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !E major one
octave.png "E major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !B major one
octave.png "B major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !F sharp major one
octave.png "F sharp major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !C sharp major one
octave.png "C sharp major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"}

## One Octave Major Scales Anti-Clockwise

!C major one
octave.png "C major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !F major one
octave.png "F major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !B flat major one
octave.png "B flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !E flat major one
octave.png "E flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !A flat major one
octave.png "A flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !D flat major one
octave.png "D flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !G flat major one
octave.png "G flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"} !C flat major one
octave.png "C flat major one octave"){width="800"
height="142"}

