Interactive Circle of Fifths

✨ Below is an interactive circle of fifths tool to help you visualize notes, chords and keys. As the name implies, in the circle of fifths, each note/key on the wheel is separated by a fifth. Click on any of the 12 keys to select the tonic:

Major

more about the circle of fifths

The circle of fifths comes in handy for visualizing notes, chords and keys. It helps in building chords as, for example, in a triad the 3rd note is always a fifth away from the root note (tonal).

It also helps to see which keys harmonize well with a selected key. Keys that are adjacent to another key in the circle of fifths are closely related and will usually harmonize well.

For a circle of fifths that also includes the 7 modes of the major scale , I recommend this one by Rand Scullard.

If you're interested in learning more about the circle of fifths in general, here's a very detailed post from Musical U, and here's a video that makes it quite simple to grasp.

piano samples

The piano samples used here are from “Salamander Grand Piano V3” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

💡 You might also find this interactive major & minor scale reference useful

C major

chords in the key of C major

C major scale

G major

chords in the key of G major

G major scale

D major

chords in the key of D major

D major scale

A major

chords in the key of A major

A major scale

E major

chords in the key of E major

E major scale

B major

chords in the key of B major

B major scale

G♭/F♯ major

chords in the key of G♭/F♯ major

G♭/F♯ major scale

D♭ major

chords in the key of D♭ major

D♭ major scale

A♭ major

chords in the key of A♭ major

A♭ major scale

E♭ major

chords in the key of E♭ major

E♭ major scale

B♭ major

chords in the key of B♭ major

B♭ major scale

F major

chords in the key of F major

F major scale

A minor

chords in the key of A minor

A minor scale

E minor

chords in the key of E minor

E minor scale

B minor

chords in the key of B minor

B minor scale

F♯ minor

chords in the key of F♯ minor

F♯ minor scale

C♯ minor

chords in the key of C♯ minor

C♯ minor scale

G♯ minor

chords in the key of G♯ minor

G♯ minor scale

D♯ minor

chords in the key of D♯ minor

D♯ minor scale

A♯/B♭ minor

chords in the key of A♯/B♭ minor

A♯/B♭ minor scale

F minor

chords in the key of F minor

F minor scale

C minor

chords in the key of C minor

C minor scale

G minor

chords in the key of G minor

G minor scale

D minor

chords in the key of D minor

D minor scale

more about the circle of fifths

piano samples