G major

[jee may-jer]

noun

1. Music.,  the key that has G as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having one sharp.

Example Sentences

Ma also offered a benediction to the repair shop, playing the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major on the same borrowed cello.

From Los Angeles Times

The piece is called “Suite for String Orchestra in G Major.”

From Los Angeles Times

I say, “Why don’t we have a G major instead of that B minor” or whatever.

From Los Angeles Times

And in terms of finding your own basic voice, it’s a basic requirement to study the “Brandenburg” Concertos, to study “L’Orfeo” by Monteverdi, to look at the G major Schubert Sonata, look at Schoenberg — and look at Boulez.

From New York Times

And that’s why those works are major, and that’s why they’re like a Beethoven symphony, or that Schubert G major piano sonata, because it needs you.

From New York Times