Chords In A Key (Diatonic Triads)

@LamphunLamyai Daniel - you’ve been doing some chord and music analysis which is great.
I’m unsure what your thoughts are in terms of creating the circle of fifths. If you are jumping from root to 5th of those triads (C, Dm, Em etc) then I’m sorry to say that is not quite right.

You do get a series of notes C → G → D → A → E → B that match a group of notes around the C of 5 but your pattern then leaps to the note F which is on the opposite side of the circle. Then your pattern repeats.
I explain how it is created here - though it is, admittedly, a long read.

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would it be possible to elaborate on how it clicked when playing around with the solo from Fade to Black by Metallica. How all the theory, chords, everything fit together in that example?

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my take home message, at least I understand now how the chords build up between major and minor along scales (here the combined C major and A minor)

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