The Circle of Fifths

"The Circle of Fifths - visual tools for musicians" presents a new way for all players to learn their music theory in a fresh manner, previously neglected by so many teachers. It will be of value to practical musicians at all levels and particularly useful to improvisers and jazz players at the beginning and early stages of improvisation.

Think of all those occasions when you tried to recall some aspect of musical theory on the fly to use it without interrupting your flow in composition or improvisation. You will find it so much easier when using these proven techniques.

Philip Jackson is a composer and arranger as well as a clarinet and tenor sax player. He brings his engineering background into use as he re-examines the traditional approach to some of the concepts used in music theory.

Why have so many teachers neglected the visual aspect of memory? It is too obvious just to say that music involves hearing, indeed active listening, because so many...