G minor

American  

[jee mahy-ner] / ˈdʒi ˈmaɪ nər /

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 two flats.

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G minor

The Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179 have been added to the official catalogue of Bach's works as of Monday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor There’s a darkness to it.

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2021

Even if you don’t listen to Classic FM or have an album called something like “Baroque Classics”, the chances are that you’d recognise Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020

On the word “irreparable” the harmony lands on B-flat minor, chillingly remote from the initial G minor.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016

The other day he gave me Mendelssohn's Concerto in G minor, and just at the end of the first movement is a fearful break-neck passage for both hands.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy