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Learn how to use the Circle of Fifths to write chord progressions and melodies - even if you don’t know any music theory.

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In this tutorial, we cover…

00:00 - The Circle of Fifths Explained
03:20 - How to build chords
04:49 - Building chord progressions
08:24 - Changing key
09:01 - Writing melodies
10:42 - 5 essential chord progressions

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