how to memorize the circle of fifth and musical 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

Draw a circle, then I put evenly spaced spaces, then I start with C at the top, then go up a fifth down the right to G, then D, then A, then E, then B, then F♯ then I go to the top again and then start with the left, the flat side. F at the 11 oclock space and then start with the flats going down spelling B-E-A-D all in flat. Type in circle of fifths for the search engine only the way I do it has to do w/ time.

Intervals are C to D right.
C-Db minor 2nd
C-D major 2nd
C-Eb minor 3rd
C-E major 3rd
C-F perfect 4th
C-Gb tritone
C-G perfect 5th
C-Ab minor 6th
C-A major 6th
C-Bbminor 7th
C-Bmajor 7th
C-C octave
This took me forever

Answer 2

I picture the circle of fifths like a clock.
C at midnight sharps going clockwise, flats going counterclockwise. So, 1 oclock would be 1 sharp (key of G) 11 oclock would be 1 flat (key of F) add one sharp or flat as you go.
I also did a lot of counting on my fingers...
I found that writing out my scales and marking the intervals helped. I used a piano a lot, even though after 5 semesters of piano I still stink at it. It is like a musical "Calculator".
Good luck to you. Just keep plugging.

Answer 3

add five to evry note and like the key of c and then add five cdefg key fo g is next then add five gabcd d the ect
hpe that helped
the answer is
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