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Music graphic

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Acknowledgements

Musical

The following has helped this chart reach its present form.

Interactive circle of fifths, by Rand Scullard

How to use musical modes, by Tom Van Schoor

How to create chord inversions on piano, by jamminwithyou.com

the Ultimate guide to the circle of fifths, by musical-u.com

All the scales, by William Zeitler, and a Study of scales, by Ian Ring, for entities' binary representability

Hexiano, by James Haigh and possible contributors

Technical

Hexiano, by James Haigh and possible contributors

Design overlay, by Manabu Shimobe and possible contributors

Krita, by Krita contributors

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Overlay (transparent) variant

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Disclaimer

I cannot read music, nor can i play any instruments. I made this chart for my own amusement and as a memorization aid for myself. It likely contains errors, under- or overapplies musical concepts. It is given as entertainment for the viewer, and perhaps as an invitation for someone more skilled than me to make an improved, perhaps interactive, edition.

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Background

Some time ago, i discovered a libre Android app for an isomorphic music keyboard, named 'Hexiano'. I found isomorphic keyboards simpler than the standard music keyboard layout.

I thought to make a graphic on which i would mark basic music theory concepts, so that i could see them as i play on / with the keyboard. I subsequently found a libre Android app named 'Design overlay' which let me do that.

This chart is the product of that. Its name 'Swansong' refers to it being a mere static image in the age of interactive, either programmed or generative, tools.