G major

American  

[jee may-jer] / ˈdʒi ˈmeɪ dʒər /

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.

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Example Sentences

It presents a single male dancer in largely gestural, yearning sequences and was expressively performed by Donnie Duncan Jr. and Yannick Lebrun at the performances I attended, but the nuanced color and detail of jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s haunting arrangement of the adagio movement of Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major provided the dance with more dimensions than the choreography itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

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