Interactive Circle of Fifths

Maj7#5 from note “A”. Shimmering top and modern brilliance for long pedals.

Mixolydian with b6 from note “A”. Darker color, good for modal interchange.

Ionian with #5 from note “A”. Lush bright top and cinematic sound.

Dorian with #4 from note “A”. Spicy minor, expressive and colorful.

Softer than classical Locrian from note “A”. Great for ii m7b5, clearer sound.

Lydian with #2 from note “A”. Exotic major with melodic top.

Major with #4 from note “A#”. Airy floating top, cinematic pedals and open strings.

Bright and stable major scale from note “A#”. Foundation of tonal music, easily fits classical progressions.

Dominant major from note “A#”. Drive, bluesy flavor and natural pull to tonic.

Minor with natural 6 from note “A#”. Flexible, modern sound, keeps modal flavor and groove.

Lyrical natural minor from note “A#”. Expressive in ballads and cinematic drama, familiar minor turns.

Minor with b2 from note “A#”. Dense tension and ethnic touch, fits riffs and flamenco colors.

Rare center with diminished fifth from note “A#”. Tense color, often used as passing effect.

Minor with leading 7 from note “A#”. Modern jazz flavor and rich modal derivatives.

V7alt from note “A#”. Full of colors (#9/b9/#5/b5) with strong pull to resolution.