G major key and piano scale

Signature of a G Major scale.

We have advanced from the key of C, by stepping five tones upward to G, the scale that has one sharp; next to D
with two sharps; and now we will proceed to A, with three sharps. The teacher will ask the pupil to write out the A
scale, and explain why three sharps must be used.

G major scale : notes

Descending and ascending G maj scale.

G major scale has one sharp in key signature, and E min is its relative minor scale; G min is its parallel min scale.

About G major scale feel

G major is identified as the key of blessing and benediction. D. Scarlatti wrote 69 keyboard sonatas and J. Haydn wrote 12 Symphonies in this key. Beethoven, instead, rarely used G maj scale or key as the central key of his works but for his Piano Concerto Number Four. G Major key is frequently used both in classical and pop music, because of its ease of playing on keyboards and other instruments such as guitar. In Canada, Elizabeth II, fixed the key for God Save the Queen in G major.