The Lane

house slang — the diatonic fifths corridor

This site's nickname for the well-worn footpath home: 3- → 6- → 2- → 5⁷ → 1, every root falling a fifth. Formally it's the diatonic stretch of the circle of fifths; jazz calls its last four stops the turnaround. 'Walks the lane' = takes the default next step; 'jump the lane' = leaves the corridor; the 'home stretch' = the final 2- → 5⁷ → 1. Half the Inside Moves are decorations of this one street.

Em73-⁷
Am76-⁷
Dm72-⁷
G75⁷
C1
Play this on the neck in Key Change Lab →

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