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

His “Molto in Cayo Hueso,” for instance, imagines the molto allegro movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor as Cuban danzón.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

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

Then Mr. Ax and Mr. Lang, making an unlikely piano duo, gave a sprightly account of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance in G minor for piano four-hands.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2016

In the Minuets of Mozart the peculiar characteristics are grace and tenderness rather than rollicking fun, e.g., the charming examples in the E-flat major and G minor Symphonies.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

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