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Circle of Fifths
My method for practicing bass guitar is based on the Circle of Fifths, inspired by a method taught by Scott Devine.
The Circle of Fifths is a music theory concept which links each of the 12 notes in a sequence. Start with a note, and increment it by 5. Play that "fifth", and then increment another five. As a bit of code, it could be expressed like this:
notes = ["C", "D♭", "D", "E♭", "E", "F", "G♭", "G", "A♭", "A", "B♭", "B"]
index = 0;
while playing {
index = index + 5 // Move foward 5 notes in the sequence.
index = index % count(notes) // Make sure our index is within range.
play( notes[ index ] )
}
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By Saadia CarbisMy method for practicing bass guitar is based on the Circle of Fifths, inspired by a method taught by Scott Devine.
The Circle of Fifths is a music theory concept which links each of the 12 notes in a sequence. Start with a note, and increment it by 5. Play that "fifth", and then increment another five. As a bit of code, it could be expressed like this:
notes = ["C", "D♭", "D", "E♭", "E", "F", "G♭", "G", "A♭", "A", "B♭", "B"]
index = 0;
while playing {
index = index + 5 // Move foward 5 notes in the sequence.
index = index % count(notes) // Make sure our index is within range.
play( notes[ index ] )
}