{"id":2876,"date":"2020-07-23T19:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/?page_id=2876"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:26:38","slug":"quint-cycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/en\/harmony\/quint-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quint Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#visuals\">The Quint Cycle &#8212;<br>a visual harmony basics representation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3894d9405a29f6900568dfce9e7ffe43\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">The quint cycle or <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circle_of_fifths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">circle of fifths<\/mark><\/a> is a well known corner stone of harmony in music. It follows the pattern of a regular <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dodecagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">dodecagram<\/mark><\/a>. One may recognize it as an expression of <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacred_geometry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">sacred geometry<\/mark><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/fundamentals\/five-course-series\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">course presentations series<\/mark><\/a> <em>Harmonic and Tonality Fundamentals<\/em> presents this and more in its fourth module <a href=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/fundamentals\/five-course-series\/basics-d\/\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Quad Harmonic Anchors and the Quint Cycle<\/mark><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f7b320\">The Quint Cycle &#8212; an anchored representation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"visuals\" class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls loop muted poster=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QuintCycle-2020-08-01w.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/tonalibus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QuintCycle-2020-08.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f7b320\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Silent video loop \u2014 once started, it plays until stopped or going to another page on this tab. Also, you can manually move through the video images at your own pace by sliding the video control dot horizontally. <\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quint cycle or circle of fifths is a well known corner stone of harmony in music. It follows the pattern of a regular dodecagram. One may recognize it as an expression of sacred geometry. 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