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G minor

February 17, 2024

G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, and F. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative major is B-flat major and its parallel major is G major.

The G natural minor scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The G harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

Scale degree chords edit

Mozart's use of G minor edit

Main article: Mozart and G minor

G minor has been considered the key through which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart best expressed sadness and tragedy,[1] and many of his minor key works are in G minor, such as Piano Quartet No. 1 and String Quintet No. 4. 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). In the Classical period, symphonies in G minor almost always used four horns, two in G and two in B♭ alto.[2] Another convention of G minor symphonies observed in Mozart's No. 25 and Mozart's No. 40 was the choice of E-flat major, the subdominant of the relative major B♭, for the slow movement, with other examples including Joseph Haydn's No. 39 and Johann Baptist Wanhal's G minor symphony from before 1771.[3]

Notable works in G minor edit

See also: List of symphonies in G minor

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hellmut Federhofer, foreword to the Bärenreiter Urtext edition of Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor. "G-Moll war für Mozart zeitlebens die Schicksaltonart, die ihm für den Ausdruck des Schmerzes und der Tragik am geeignetsten erschien." ("G minor was, for Mozart, the most suitable fate-key throughout his life for the expression of pain and tragedy.")
  2. ^ H. C. Robbins Landon, Mozart and Vienna. New York: Schirmer Books (1991): 48. "Writing for four horns was a regular part of the Sturm und Drang G minor equipment." Robbins Landon also notes that Mozart's No. 40 was first intended to have four horns.
  3. ^ James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy, Elements of Sonata Theory (Oxford University Press: 2006) p. 328

External links edit

  •   Media related to G minor at Wikimedia Commons

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G minor is a minor scale based on G consisting of the pitches G A B C D E and F Its key signature has two flats Its relative major is B flat major and its parallel major is G major G minorRelative keyB flat majorParallel keyG majorDominant keyD minorSubdominantC minorComponent pitchesG A B C D E FThe G natural minor scale is source Audio playback is not supported in your browser You can download the audio file Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary The G harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are source Audio playback is not supported in your browser You can download the audio file source Audio playback is not supported in your browser You can download the audio file Contents 1 Scale degree chords 2 Mozart s use of G minor 3 Notable works in G minor 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksScale degree chords editTonic G minor Supertonic A diminished Mediant B flat major Subdominant C minor Dominant D minor Submediant E flat major Subtonic F majorMozart s use of G minor editMain article Mozart and G minor G minor has been considered the key through which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart best expressed sadness and tragedy 1 and many of his minor key works are in G minor such as Piano Quartet No 1 and String Quintet No 4 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 In the Classical period symphonies in G minor almost always used four horns two in G and two in B alto 2 Another convention of G minor symphonies observed in Mozart s No 25 and Mozart s No 40 was the choice of E flat major the subdominant of the relative major B for the slow movement with other examples including Joseph Haydn s No 39 and Johann Baptist Wanhal s G minor symphony from before 1771 3 Notable works in G minor editSee also List of symphonies in G minor Arcangelo Corelli Christmas Concerto Henry Purcell Dido s Lament from Dido and Aeneas Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto Op 4 6 RV 316a Violin Concerto Op 6 1 RV 324 Violin Concerto Op 6 3 RV 318 Violin Concerto Op 7 3 RV 326 Violin Concerto Summer from The four seasons Op 8 2 RV 315 Violin Concerto Op 8 8 RV 332 Flute Concerto La Notte Op 10 2 RV 439 Oboe Concerto Op 11 6 RV 460 Georg Philipp Telemann Fantasia for flute solo No 12 Fantasia for viola da gamba solo No 7 Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV 1001 Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Little Fugue in G minor BWV 578 English Suite No 3 BWV 808 Joseph Haydn Stabat Mater Symphony No 39 Symphony No 83 The Hen String Quartet Op 20 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No 25 Symphony No 40 String Quintet No 4 Piano Quartet No 1 Six Variations on Helas j ai perdu mon amant Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No 2 Op 5 2 Piano Sonata No 19 Op 49 1 Fantasia for piano in g minor Op 77 ends in B major Franz Schubert Stabat Mater D 175 String Quartet No 9 D 173 Violin Sonata No 3 Op posth 137 3 D 408 Carl Maria von Weber Trio for Piano Flute and Cello Op 63 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 Op 25 String Symphony No 12 Frederic Chopin Piano Trio Op 8 Ballade No 1 Op 23 Nocturne Op 37 No 1 Prelude Impatience Op 28 No 22 Cello Sonata Op 65 Polonaise in G minor Op posth Charles Valentin Alkan Scherzo diabolico Op 39 No 3 49 Esquisses Op 63 no 6 Les cloches no 26 Petit air Genre ancien Franz Liszt Transcendental Etude No 6 Vision Robert Schumann Symphony in G minor Zwickau Piano Sonata No 2 Op 22 Piano Trio No 3 Op 110 Clara Schumann Piano Trio Op 17 Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 Op 25 Rhapsody Op 79 2 Capriccio Op 116 3 Ballade Op 118 3 Hungarian Dance No 5 orchestral version Camille Saint Saens Piano Concerto No 2 Op 22 Danse macabre Op 40 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 Op 26 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 Op 13 Antonin Dvorak Piano Concerto Op 33 Slavonic Dance No 8 Rondo for Cello and Orchestra Op 94 Piano Trio No 2 Op 26 Bagatelles Op 47 Gabriel Faure Sicilienne Op 78 Claude Debussy String Quartet Op 10 Isaac Albeniz Cataluna Gustav Holst Mars the bringer of war from the orchestral suite The Planets Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 4 Prelude in G minor Cello Sonata Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2 Op 16 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 11 The year 1905 Op 103 Piano Quintet Op 57See also editKey music Major and minorReferences edit Hellmut Federhofer foreword to the Barenreiter Urtext edition of Mozart s Piano Quartet in G minor G Moll war fur Mozart zeitlebens die Schicksaltonart die ihm fur den Ausdruck des Schmerzes und der Tragik am geeignetsten erschien G minor was for Mozart the most suitable fate key throughout his life for the expression of pain and tragedy H C Robbins Landon Mozart and Vienna New York Schirmer Books 1991 48 Writing for four horns was a regular part of the Sturm und Drang G minor equipment Robbins Landon also notes that Mozart s No 40 was first intended to have four horns James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy Elements of Sonata Theory Oxford University Press 2006 p 328External links edit nbsp Media related to G minor at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title G minor amp oldid 1192959476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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