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Circle of fifths, a Rare card
In music theory, the circle of fifths organizes the twelve pitch classes of the chromatic scale in a cycle of ascending perfect fifths.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 144
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 420,000
Power 144 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Circle of fifths quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Circle of fifths card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Since the cycle ascends in the ______ direction by perfect fourths, it is sometimes also called the circle of fourths.
Answer
opposite. Since the cycle ascends in the opposite direction by perfect fourths, it is sometimes also called the circle of fourths. From the Circle of fifths article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rose Leslie. Rose Leslie 1,900,000 · David Corenswet 1,400,000 · Bret Easton Ellis 950,000 · Circle of fifths 420,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Since the cycle ascends in the opposite direction by perfect fourths, it is sometimes also called the circle of fourths.
- Starting on a C, the sequence is: C, G, D, A, E, B/C♭, F♯/G♭, C♯/D♭, A♭, E♭, B♭, F, and C. This order places the most closely related key signatures adjacent to one another.
- Ascending by twelve justly tuned perfect fifths with a frequency ratio of 3:2 does not return exactly to the starting pitch class, but instead overshoots it by a small interval known as the Pythagorean comma.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Circle of fifths article was read about 420,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Circle of fifths
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Circle of fifths (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Just plain Bill, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
