TUNES & TOOLS

Purpose: Become familiar with all 12 major keys.
Credit: Markus Tullberg - Malmö, Sweden 2015


The tunes are the Swedish traditional tune; ‘Träskodansen’ (The Clog Dance) and a very popular Irish polka; ‘Britches Full of Stitches’.

 

• Learn one or both of these tunes by heart in G major.

  • The last note in Träskodansen becomes the first note when the tune is played in C major.

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• Master the tune in C major, then proceed to F major, and so on.

  • The tune follows a counter-clockwise path around the circle of fifths.

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• Visualize the circle to form a mental image of your current position and your intended direction.

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• Apply the same process to the polka.

  • It travels the circle in a clockwise direction.