Coltrane's Tone Circle

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Following them clockwise from C, you'll pass C♯, D, E♭, and E before arriving at F. C Dorian, for example, is the B♭ major scale played from C — C is the second degree of B♭ major. A major scale is seven neighboring notes on the circle: C major is F, C, G, D, A, E, and B, all in a row.

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