Note Circle: Memorise By Writing

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Learn the notes by writing out the note circle. Old School, but it works!


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Once I’ve done A Would it be a good idea to start on different notes as well? i.e D or E etc etc?

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Do it for each string on your guitar with your guitar in hand. This way you’ll learn the note on the fretboard as well.

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This is excellent and really helpful …

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why do we put C at the top not A? does it not matter

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Good question, Clementine :slightly_smiling_face: Have you downloaded the workbook? There ‘A’ is displayed in the 12 o’clock position. Similarly, you will find the ‘A’ displayed in the 12 o’clock position when the note circle is introduced in an earlier PMT video.

This looks like a small inconsistency, I agree. Now, a circle or wheel can be turned and the order of notes will still be the same. That’s what is important to remember.

You will encounter the ‘Circle of Fifths’ later on, where it is convention that the note ‘C’ is placed in the 12 o’clock position. So I suppose that’s what might have inspired to display the circle of notes with ‘C’ in the 12 o’clock position in this video as well.

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This might be due to solfege and Major Scale.
In solfege: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do being the equivalent to C.

In the mean time, while you are learning the intervals, you may notice that when the (solfege) notes ends with the letter “i” after you have a semitone to go to the next note (it’s easier to remember than " Big Cats Eat Frogs!").

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It is convention - with no compelling rationale behind it.

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