G major
tonality
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F♯. Its key signature has one sharp. Its relative minor is E minor and its parallel minor is G minor.
The G major scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The G harmonic major and melodic major scales are:
Scale degree chords
The scale degree chords of G major are:
Tonic – G major
Supertonic – A minor
Mediant – B minor
Subdominant – C major
Dominant – D major
Submediant – E minor
Leading-tone – F-sharp diminished
Notable compositions
Baroque period
In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction".
Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas.
In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 68 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, although Bach also used the key for some 44-based works, including his third and fourth Brandenburg Concertos. Pianist Jeremy Denk observes that the Goldberg Variations are 80 minutes in G major.
Classical era
Twelve of Joseph Haydn's 106 symphonies are in G major. Likewise, one of Haydn's most famous piano trios, No.
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