G minor

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G minor
Image:B-flat_Major_key_signature.png
Relative key B♭ major
Parallel key G major
Component pitches
G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G

G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F sharp which does not appear in the key signature because it is a raised 7th, and G (natural minor scale). Its key signature consists of two flats.

Its relative key is B-flat major, and its parallel major is G major.

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. G minor is one of two flat key signatures that requires a sharp for the leading tone (the other is D minor).

Though Mozart touched on various minor keys in his symphonies, G minor is the only minor key he used as a main key for his numbered symphonies (No. 25, and the famous No. 40). When Francesco Maria Veracini wrote six Overtures for the Prince of Dresden, the only one he wrote in a minor key was No. 5 in G minor.

In the Baroque era, G minor was considered the "key of tragic consummation."

[edit] Well-known classical compositions in this key

[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key

Diatonic Scales and Keys
Circle of fifths
Flats Sharps
Major minor Major minor
0 C (Major), a (minor)
1 F d G e
2 B♭ g D b
3 E♭ c A f♯
4 A♭ f E c♯
5 D♭ b♭ B g♯
6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯
7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯
lower case letters are minor

the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale


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