how to memorize circle of fifth and the intervals?

Question

i'm not asking for short cuts but for what you found effective, like how did you do it? no matter what i do, i just can't seem to drill everything into my head. don't tell me "just do." tell me how to do. thanks

Answer 1

i'ts kinda easy if you have done piano, like the others will say, draw a clock with 12 ticks.
then afterwards, start at the top with C, because at the top, you are starting without sharps or flats.
then i'll just start (i know a lil babyish) counting from pinky to thumb in the order of keys. (for example, a, b, c, d, e.)
then i got the other letters. it is very tricky when you come to parts where you have sharps, but i just take the time to find the whole note intervals, since the circle of fifths is going in whole note intervals.
have u ever played an instrument before?
i play viola and violin, so it's easy for me to find where it is going to be a sharp key.
the bottom three ticks are also known as en harmonic keys, because the major and minor keys are en harmonic, or the same. when i mean the same, these bottom three have 2 major keys and 2 minor keys. pretend one is G# major, then the other major key is A flat major.

Once you get that down, the minor are fairly simple.
from each major key, the minor keys are just a 3rd interval lower than the major key. for example C major has the minor key a.
Remember to write minor keys in lower case and major keys in upper case.

To remember what keys have what sharps, the circle of fifths are put in the order of how many
starting from the top, going right you'll get the sharp note keys, where if you went left, you will get flat note keys.
The order for the sharps is FCGDAEB
the way i remember is:
Fat Cats Go Dancing At Ernie's Bar

the order of flats is backwards from the order of sharps
BEADGCF.
from there, you just need to practice writing it
hope you learn soon, it helps alot

Answer 2

Draw a circle, then mark 12 spots, each one for each interval, kind of like a clock. It's easy to study from, and I find it easy to transpose from to my B-flat bass clarinet.