Originally Posted by Rockin7GG Go to original post Originally Posted by

I don't know if I'm being pedantic in asking this Greg but, Why do you say that " The roots of the chords move through the circle of fifths, descending the interval of a fifth on each chord change " ? Isn't it the other way around ? I mean, the key of the piece is G Major but, as you said, it starts the harmonic progression from the 6th degree of the root G, which is Em, and then from there, it goes up a 4th from Em to Am, (E to A, a 4th), then from A to D and D to G, both 4ths, and which is in keeping with the actual progression played. Please help me if I'm wrong in my understanding cause I know that going up a 4th is enharmonically equivalent to descending a 5th, but in this case, following the chord progression as played, wouldn't it be more accurate to say ascending in 4th from the root of each chord ? Thanks for the write up as always, they're truly appreciated.