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G♯ minor: scale and chords
The G♯ minor scale, its seven chords and the keys that mix with it, with a loop in G♯ minor that plays right here. Move it a semitone, then hum over it.
In G♯ minor a guitar rings 3 of its six open strings. Mika counted them.Four chords of G♯ minor over drums and bass, 123 BPM.
The G♯ minor scale
G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E F♯
Five sharps: G♯ A♯ C♯ D♯ F♯; five black keys on a piano (G♯ A♯ C♯ D♯ F♯). Also written as A♭ minor, with seven flats. Whole and half steps: W H W W H W W.
Harmonic minor raises the seventh to F𝄪: the chord on the fifth degree turns major (D♯, D♯7) and pulls back to G♯.
In Hz, from the keynote in octave 4: G♯4 415.3 · A♯4 466.2 · B4 493.9 · C♯5 554.4 · D♯5 622.3 · E5 659.3 · F♯5 740.0
The chords in G♯ minor
Tap a chord to hear it.
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Seventh | Bass, Hz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | G♯ B D♯ | G♯m7 | G♯2 103.8 | |
| ii° | A♯ C♯ E | A♯m7♭5 | A♯2 116.5 | |
| III | B D♯ F♯ | Bmaj7 | B2 123.5 | |
| iv | C♯ E G♯ | C♯m7 | C♯2 69.3 | |
| v | D♯ F♯ A♯ | D♯m7 | D♯2 77.8 | |
| VI | E G♯ B | Emaj7 | E2 82.4 | |
| VII | F♯ A♯ C♯ | F♯7 | F♯2 92.5 |
The loop plays i–VI–III–VII: G♯m E B F♯.
Keys that mix with G♯ minor
On the Camelot wheel G♯ minor is 1A (Open Key 6m). Tracks in these keys mix without a clash:
- 1B B major relative major, the same seven notes
- 12A C♯ minor one step down
- 2A E♭ minor one step up
- 3A B♭ minor two steps up, the energy boost
Same keynote, the other mode: A♭ major (4B), three notes apart.
Where G♯ minor sits
| Open strings | In G♯ minor | Keynote on an open string |
|---|---|---|
| Guitar E A D G B E | 3 of 6 | – |
| Bass E A D G | 1 of 4 | – |
| Violin G D A E | 1 of 4 | – |
| Viola C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Cello C G D A | 0 of 4 | – |
| Ukulele G C E A | 1 of 4 | – |
Choir parts (soprano C4–G5, alto G3–D5, tenor C3–G4, bass F2–D4, where two part-writing guides agree): G♯3–G♯4 fits the alto part; G♯2–G♯3 fits the bass part; no whole G♯-to-G♯ octave fits the soprano or tenor parts. Find your own range.
As a sub or an 808, the keynote is G♯1 at 51.9 Hz, or G♯2 at 103.8 Hz an octave up. Tune an 808 to G♯.
What plays
Drums, an organ bass and a pluck, the Brumm app's own sounds, four bars at 123 BPM, one chord per bar. The arrows move bass and chords a semitone; the drums stay.
Then hum over it
The hum button opens Brumm with a short line in the key over a beat. Hum yours and it becomes an instrument. No account, no upload.
Sources
Scales and chords: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Camelot, Open Key: Mixed In Key, Mixgraph. Open strings: Wikipedia. Choir parts: Open Music Theory, Geneseo. Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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