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G♯ minor scale on guitar (G# minor)

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 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 : whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole.

G♯ minor has the same notes as B major, starting from G♯. See that scale.

  1. G♯1
  2. A♯2
  3. B♭3
  4. C♯4
  5. D♯5
  6. E♭6
  7. F♯♭7
EADGBE0135791215G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BD♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EA♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯
  • G♯, the root
  • Other scale notes

Positions

G♯ minor in five positions

The splits the neck into five overlapping positions, one per shape. Learn one, then join it to the next.

G♯ minor · the whole neck

Five positions, each overlapping the next, repeating every 12 frets.

AAGEDDCCEADGBE0135791215G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯G♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BD♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EA♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯A♯BC♯EF♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯
  • 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♯ minor

Same root

Other scales on G♯

Change a note or two and the same 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 G♯m, A♯°, B, C♯m, D♯m, E and F♯.
What is the relative major of G♯ minor?
G♯ minor has the same notes as B major, starting from G♯.
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