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Old January 11th, 2010, 05:22 PM   #13 (permalink)
BigDaddyLH
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One more time! I usually think of "the cycle" in the direction: dominant fifth to root, so:

B E A D G C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb

Is that the cycle of fifths (because we're descending by fifths) or the cycle of fourths (because we're ascending by fourths)?
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