[Tex/LaTex] Circle of fifths diagram with printed music in LaTeX

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There is already a question here about a circle of fifths diagram (link) but I would like to include pictures of staves like this diagram here

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Is this possible to make it all in LaTeX, I heard there are some packages for writing music (but I have no experience with this). Thank you for your advice.

I managed this using an answer from the linked question. Just labels.

\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\newcommand{\myangle}{30}
\foreach \nota/\text [count=\sector] in {C/C minor,G/G minor,D/D minor,A/A minor,E/E minor, B/B minor, FS/F$\sharp$ minor, CS/C$\sharp$ minor, GS/G$\sharp$ minor, EF/E$\flat$ minor, BF/B$\flat$ minor, F/F minor} 
    {
        \draw[shorten >=3mm] (0,0) -- ++({(4-\sector)*\myangle+90}:3cm) node (\nota) {\text};
    }
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Nice question! Using the MusiXTeX package, there is in fact a really elegant solution. The command for assigning the key signature, \generalsignature{s}, simply requires a number where s > 0 is the number of sharps and s < 0 is the number of flats.

Therefore, we can just create a foreach loop that goes from -6 to +5. And using these integers it is straightforward to assign the required angle around a circle, using TikZ as our drawing tool.

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CODE

\documentclass[tikz,margin=0.5cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}

\pgfmathsetmacro{\CircROne}{4.5}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\CircRTwo}{7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\MusicR}{5.7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\InnerLabelR}{3.7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\OuterLabelR}{8}

% THE GRID
\draw (0,0) circle (\CircROne);
\draw (0,0) circle (\CircRTwo);
\foreach \X in {0,1,...,12}
    {
    \draw (0,0)--++(75-\X*360/12:\CircRTwo);
    }
\draw [fill=white] (0,0) circle (1cm);

% THE MUSIC
\foreach \X in {-6,...,5}
    {
    \begin{scope}[shift={(90-\X*360/12:\MusicR)},xshift=-0.3cm]
        \clip (-1,-1) rectangle (1,1);
        \draw (0,0) node 
            {
            \begin{music}
            \generalsignature{\X}
            \nostartrule
            \startextract
            \notes\en
            \zendextract
            \end{music}
            };
    \end{scope}
    }

% INNER LABELS
\foreach \X/\KeyText in {-4/F,-3/C,-2/G,-1/D,0/A,1/E,2/B,3/F$\sharp$,4/C$\sharp$} 
    {
    \draw (90-\X*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node {\KeyText~Minor};
    }
\draw (90-5*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {A$\flat$ Minor\\ G$\sharp$ Minor};
\draw (90+6*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {D$\sharp$ Minor\\ E$\flat$ Minor};
\draw (90+5*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {A$\sharp$ Minor\\ B$\flat$ Minor};

% OUTER LABELS    
\foreach \X/\KeyText in {-4/A$\flat$,-3/E$\flat$,-2/B$\flat$,-1/F,0/C,1/G,2/D,3/A,4/E} 
    {
    \draw (90-\X*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node {\KeyText~Major};
    }
\draw (90-5*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {B Major\\ C$\flat$ Major};
\draw (90+6*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {F$\sharp$ Major\\ G$\flat$ Major};
\draw (90+5*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {D$\flat$ Major\\ C$\sharp$ Major};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

A rotating circle of fifths...

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\documentclass[tikz,margin=0.5cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{musixtex}

\begin{document}
\foreach \Y in {0,2.5,...,357.5}
{
\begin{tikzpicture}

\pgfmathsetmacro{\CircROne}{4.5}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\CircRTwo}{7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\MusicR}{5.7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\InnerLabelR}{3.7}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\OuterLabelR}{8}

\path [use as bounding box] (-9,-9) rectangle (9,9);

% THE GRID
\draw (0,0) circle (\CircROne);
\draw (0,0) circle (\CircRTwo);
\foreach \X in {0,1,...,12}
    {
    \draw (0,0)--++(\Y+75-\X*360/12:\CircRTwo);
    }
\draw [fill=white] (0,0) circle (1cm);

% THE MUSIC
\foreach \X in {-6,...,5}
    {
    \begin{scope}[shift={(\Y+90-\X*360/12:\MusicR)},xshift=-0.3cm]
        \clip (-1,-1) rectangle (1,1);
        \draw (0,0) node {
            \begin{music}
            \generalsignature{\X}
            \nostartrule
            \startextract
            \notes\en
            \zendextract
            \end{music}
            };
    \end{scope}
    }

% INNER LABELS
\foreach \X/\text in {-4/F,-3/C,-2/G,-1/D,0/A,1/E,2/B,3/F$\sharp$,4/C$\sharp$} 
    {
    \draw (\Y+90-\X*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node {\text~Minor};
    }
\draw (\Y+90-5*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {A$\flat$ Minor\\ G$\sharp$ Minor};
\draw (\Y+90+6*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {D$\sharp$ Minor\\ E$\flat$ Minor};
\draw (\Y+90+5*360/12:\InnerLabelR) node [align=center] {A$\sharp$ Minor\\ B$\flat$ Minor};

% OUTER LABELS    
\foreach \X/\text in {-4/A$\flat$,-3/E$\flat$,-2/B$\flat$,-1/F,0/C,1/G,2/D,3/A,4/E} 
    {
    \draw (\Y+90-\X*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node {\text~Major};
    }
\draw (\Y+90-5*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {B Major\\ C$\flat$ Major};
\draw (\Y+90+6*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {F$\sharp$ Major\\ G$\flat$ Major};
\draw (\Y+90+5*360/12:\OuterLabelR) node [align=center] {D$\flat$ Major\\ C$\sharp$ Major};

\end{tikzpicture}
}
\end{document}
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