G minor
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| Relative key | B♭ major | |
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| Parallel key | G major | |
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| 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, 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 pieces in this key
- Symphony No. 25 -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 40 -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Danse Macabre -Camille Saint-Saëns
- Symphony No. 11, Op. 103 (The Year 1905) -Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1 -Max Bruch
[edit] Well known songs/contemporary pieces in this key
- Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Like A Stone - Audioslave
- Do It Again - Steely Dan
- Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang
- All My Life - Foo Fighters
- Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
- Kiss From A Rose - Seal
- Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung
- Theme from Requiem for a Dream
- Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
- Between The Bars - Elliott Smith
- Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
- The theme to the TV show Firefly
- The first opening theme to Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
- Darth Vader’s Theme from Star Wars - John Williams
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Final Hours music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell
- Mariage D'amour - Richard Clayderman
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