Interactive Circle of Fifths
Key signatures, relatives, related keys
Clockwise: add a sharp (up a fifth). Counterclockwise: add a flat (down a fifth). At the bottom, enharmonic keys join the two branches.
C major / A minor
- Key signature
- no sharps or flats
- Relative
- A minor, a minor third below; leading tone G♯ added as an accidental
- Closely related keys
- A minor, F major, G major, D minor, E minor
- Landmark
- the model scale, no accidentals
Used in: Linking Scales: The Order of Sharps, Linking Scales: The Order of Flats, Relative keys, Closely related keys, Enharmonic keys, Modulation