G Major Scale

👁 Here's an eye opening G major scale reference which shows the notes and fingering on a piano keyboard. Plus, an interactive tool to play chord progressions and a list of common chord progressions in the key of G major.

→ go to all major & minor scales

G major scale

notes: G A B C D E F^♯

relative minor: E minor

G
A
B
C
D
E
F^♯
G

B
E

C
F♯

D
G

G
C

A
D

B
E

F♯

left hand

right hand

chords in the key of G major

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

sound selection:

simple drum pattern

BPM:

metronome

arpeggiate

humanize

G major G B D

A minor A C E

iii

B minor B D F^♯

C major C E G

D major D F^♯ A

E minor E G B

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F^♯ diminished F^♯ A C

last chords played

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common chord progressions

Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of G major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords.

I G maj

IV C maj

V D maj

I G maj

vi E min

ii A min

V D maj

vi E min

IV C maj

I G maj

V D maj

I G maj

iii B min

IV C maj

V D maj

I G maj

IV C maj

vi F^♯ min

V D maj

ii A min

V D maj

I G maj

vi E min

IV C maj

V D maj

I G maj

IV C maj

ii A min

V D maj

iii B min

vi E min

ii A min

V D maj

I G maj

V D maj

vi E min

IV C maj

I G maj

IV C maj

V D maj

I G maj

V D maj

ii A min

iii B min

showhide degrees & intervals

degrees	notes	intervals
1: Tonic	G	Unison
2: Supertonic	A	Major 2nd
3: Mediant	B	Major 3rd
4: Subdominant	C	Perfect 4th
5: Dominant	D	Perfect 5th
6: Submediant	E	Major 6th
7: Leading Tone	F^♯	Major 7th
1: Octave/Tonic	G	Perfect 8th

making a major scale

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

W-W-H-W-W-W-H

◈◈◈

W = Whole step H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale

C major D major E major F major A major B major D_♭/C^♯ major E_♭/D^♯ major G_♭/F^♯ major A_♭/G^♯ major B_♭/A^♯ major

C minor D minor E minor F minor G minor A minor B minor C^♯/D_♭ minor D^♯/E_♭ minor F^♯/G_♭ minor G^♯/A_♭ minor A^♯/B_♭ minor

piano samples

The piano samples used here are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

drum samples

The drum samples used here are from “ Mailbox Badger : Public Domain Drum Samples : Vol. 2 ”by Mailbox Badger/Patrick Callan, licensed under CC BY 3.0.