circle of fifths

relationship among the 12 tones of the chromatic scale, their corresponding key signatures, and the associated major and minor keys; geometrical representation of relationships among the 12 pitch classes of the chromatic scale in pitch class space
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circle of fifths

Summary

circle of fifths is a musical concept[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • circle of fifths's image is recorded as Circle of fifths deluxe 4.svg[3].
  • circle of fifths's instance of is recorded as musical concept[4].
  • circle of fifths's GND ID is recorded as 4662978-6[5].
  • circle of fifths's Commons category is recorded as Circle of fifths[6].
  • circle of fifths's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jj_r[7].
  • circle of fifths's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Circle of fifths[8].
  • circle of fifths's facet of is recorded as key[9].
  • circle of fifths's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0205169[10].
  • circle of fifths's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[11].
  • circle of fifths's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • circle of fifths's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • circle of fifths's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/circle-of-fifths[14].
  • circle of fifths's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2058532[15].
  • circle of fifths's Quora topic ID is recorded as Circle-of-Fifths-1[16].
  • circle of fifths's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as circle-of-fifths[17].
  • circle of fifths's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kvintsirkel[18].
  • circle of fifths's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777206881[19].
  • circle of fifths's Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID is recorded as 2768[20].
  • circle of fifths's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3950521[21].
  • circle of fifths's Lex ID is recorded as kvintcirkel[22].
  • circle of fifths's Armeniapedia ID is recorded as 14714[23].
  • circle of fifths's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 529844[24].
  • circle of fifths's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as cicle-de-les-quintes[25].
  • circle of fifths's The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID is recorded as 1914[26].

Why It Matters

circle of fifths ranks in the top 1% of musical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,396 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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  1. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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