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Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.Series
What are the next three terms in this sequence?
C, G, D, A, E, ?, ?, ?
C, G, D, A, E, ?, ?, ?
Hint
Musical terms.Answer
B, F#, C#.This sequence forms what is called the 'Circle of fifths' in musical terms.
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Being musically trained, this was obvious, but I was thinking if you weren't, you could still work it out, based on an alphabet of A to G, where you move four letters forward each time, looping back from G to A. In this case the solution would be "B F C", without needing the #'s.
I couldn't imagine.
Yay Me! I guess my clarinet lessons and choir practice from 20+ years ago is still rattling around in my brain somewhere!
Clever Teaser! the Hint makes it too easy though.
Clever Teaser! the Hint makes it too easy though.
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