The outside of the circle has major keys and the inside has minor keys. The right-hand side is the sharp side, the left-hand side is the flat side as you may have guessed.
Whether you memorize it or have it open on your computer or phone, or on the wall to look at. Whenever you write music, I highly recommend using the circle of fifths. Here are some tools that will be helpful for your songwriting: The Circle of Fifths Writing Music in a Minor Key- Some Helpful Tools
3.6 Progression i- iv-i-VI-V7-i- The Thrill is Gone (BB King) Bm. 3.5 Progression i-VI-III-iv- Turning Tables (Adele) Cm. 3.4 Progression i-VI-III-VII- Save Tonight (Eagle Eye Cherry) Am. 3.3 Progression i-iv-VI-v- Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) Dm. 3.2 Progression VI-VII-i- Losing My Religion (R.E.M) Am. 3.1 Progression i-iv-III-VI- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) Fm. 3 Examples of Minor Chord Progressions in Song. 1.3 Chords According to the Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor Scales. 1 Writing Music in a Minor Key- Some Helpful Tools. My favourite line is the reference to the sky: I just saw Hailey’s comet/shooting/Sayin’ why’re you always running in place? It adds a sense of vastness.Īnd thus ends my list! I’m so behind in the 15-Day-Blogging challenge, and it doesn’t help that tomorrow’s New Years’ Day! I wish I could’ve finished it before 2013.Īnyway, Happy New Years’ Day, Bloggers in Australia! And Happy New Years’ Eve to all my American/other followers. It has the same “I tried” message but, unlike Numb, has a “I know what’s best for me, but thank you” message.Īnother amazing song. It’s stronger, more determined and the lyrics are more abstract. It’s a wonderful song which I would’ve hated if the advertisement didn’t grow on me.Ī similar lyrical meaning to “Numb” by Linkin Park, but hopeful. It’s actually quite popular in Australia, on a ad for the “sleepy town” of Brisbane.īut the advertisement appeared so often, I knew the chorus off by heart. I remember hearing this song a lot on television. Only Coldplay can pull this off –observed in both this song and Yellow.įor this song, it’s not so much the song/lyrics as the memories. Their song Yellow sounds similar to “The Scientist” I suppose.Īlthough extremely slow, it’s surprisingly catchy. I’m also a huge fan of Viva La Vida by them as well, although they sound completely different. And, frighteningly enough, they find themselves moving forward.ĭefinitely my favourite Coldplay song. When I listen to this song, I see a child looking up to an authority figure (parents, grandparents, siblings, etc) and finding them at their lowest point. Although plausible in other forms of literature (novels, poetry, plays, etc.) I never expected song lyrics to paint the most heartbreaking pictures. 
The reason I love this song so much is the clear image I get. I heard One Direction have a cover of it, but I don’t think anything can beat the original (for any song, really.) The lyrics are philosophical, and to be honest, I still don’t have a stable interpretation of what they mean (it changes every-time I hear this song.) It’s one of those songs which make me regret not learning anymore songs on the piano. The lyrics, how I can listen to it forever and feel so calm every single time. These five songs can never complete a list of my favourite songs (I have way, way too many) but it’s a start.
Then we’ve got my laptop, where I never keep my music (I always resort to YouTube and Grooveshark) And my MP3 player doesn’t have a shuffle. The original plan was to shuffle my iPod until I found 5 songs, but I don’t have an iPod.
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