G flat major

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**G♭ major**
Relative key	E♭ minor

Parallel key	F♯ minor
Component pitches
G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F, G♭

G flat major is a major scale based on G flat, consisting of the pitches G flat, A flat, B flat, C flat (enharmonic to B natural,) D flat, E flat, F, and G flat. Its key signature consists of six flats.

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Its relative minor is E flat minor, and its parallel minor is F sharp minor, since G flat minor, which would have nine flats, is not normally used. Its enharmonic equivalent is F sharp major, whose key signature has as many sharps as G flat major has flats. In writing music in E major for B flat instruments, it is preferable to use a G flat rather an F sharp key signature.

Hardly chosen as the main key for orchestral works, G flat major is more often used as a main key for piano works, such as the impromptus of Chopin and Schubert.