Guitar scales · Natural minor (Aeolian)
G minor scale on guitar
The G minor scale has seven notes: G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭ and F. As degrees: 1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭6 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The G minor scale
The The major and minor keys that share all seven notes and the same key signature, such as C major and A minor. of a major key: same notes, starting on the 6th degree. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole.
G minor has the same notes as B♭ major, starting from G. See that scale.
- G1
- A2
- B♭♭3
- C4
- D5
- E♭♭6
- F♭7
- G, the root
- Other scale notes
Positions
G minor in five positions
The A way of mapping the fretboard with the five open chord shapes C, A, G, E and D, moved up the neck to play any chord. splits the neck into five overlapping positions, one per A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em. shape. Learn one, then join it to the next.
G minor · the whole neck
Five positions, each overlapping the next, repeating every 12 frets.
- Root (G)
- Scale tone
Chords
Chords from the G minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale on each degree and you get its chords.
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Hear the chords and progressions in G minorSame root
Other scales on G
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
G minor, in short
- What notes are in the G minor scale?
- The G minor scale has seven notes: G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭ and F. As degrees: 1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭6 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the G minor scale?
- The chords built on G minor are Gm, A°, B♭, Cm, Dm, E♭ and F.
- What is the relative major of G minor?
- G minor has the same notes as B♭ major, starting from G.