The Magic Circle of Fifths Chord Wheel

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Copyright 2015 by Paul Race

CreekDontRise.com

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Print on Card Stock. Cut out around the outside edge of each circle.
Poke a hole through the black dot in the middle of each circle.
Put the little circle on top of the big one and punch a brad through both holes.
Spread the brads legs out.
When you learn what key a song is in turn the Tonic (I) spoke toward that key.
Now you know the rest of the chords that are most likely to be used in the song
and whether theyre most likely to be major or minor when they show up.