G minor

G minor

Relative key	Bb major
Parallel key	G major
Component pitches
G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F

Also see: G major, or G-sharp minor.

G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F. F flat does not appear in the key signature because it is a raised 7th(in a harmonic minor scale).

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."

Well-known classical compositions in this key

• Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
• St. John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach
• String Quintet in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony No. 11, Op. 103 (The Year 1905) - Dmitri Shostakovich
• Symphony No. 25 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony No. 40 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Violin Concerto No. 1 - Max Bruch
• Cello Sonata - Frédéric Chopin
• Theme of the Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar
• Cello Sonata - Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Prelude in G Minor (Rachmaninoff) - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Well-known contemporary music in this key

• Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• All My Life - Foo Fighters
• The Black Hole theme - John Barry
• Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
• Do It Again - Steely Dan
• Empty Words - Death
• Evil Ways - Santana
• Tears Don't Fall - Bullet for my Valentine
• He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
• Highway Star - Deep Purple (also in A and D minor)
• Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
• The Imperial March - John Williams
• I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley (and Eric Clapton's cover version)
• In America - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang
• Kiss From A Rose - Seal
• L'Via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta
• Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
• Mission: Impossible theme - Lalo Schifrin
• Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
• My All - Mariah Carey
• Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
• Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
• Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - Elton John
• Tainted Love - Soft Cell
• The Frail - Nine Inch Nails
• The Answer Lies Within - Dream Theater
• Tush - ZZ Top
• What is Love - Haddaway
• What I've Done - Linkin Park
• Witchy Woman - The Eagles
• You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees
• Chop Suey! - System of a Down
• Hard Rock Halleluja - Lordi