When writing works in all 24 major and minor keys, Alkan, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Shchedrin and Winding used G-flat major over F-sharp major. As well as it is used in Ravel's famous ' Gaspard de la nuit', in the movement, 'Le Gibet'.Ī striking use of G-flat major can be found in the love duet 'Tu l'as dit' that concludes the fourth act of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots. It is the predominant key of Maurice Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet. It is more often used as a main key for piano works, such as the impromptus of Chopin and Schubert.

Music notes must be played successively from left to right to obtain the ascending scale, or from right to left for the descending scale.Like F-sharp major, G-flat major is rarely chosen as the main key for orchestral works. You will notice that only the white piano keys are used. The relative minor key of G flat Major is E flat minor and below if the E flat minor natural scale: G flat Major scale on a pianoīelow is the G flat Major scale on a piano: G flat Major scale in treble clef (G-clef)īelow is the G flat Major scale in treble clef:īelow is the G flat Major scale in bass clef:īelow is the G flat Major scale in alto clef:īelow is the G flat Major scale in tenor clef:Ĭlosely related keys of G flat Major are: Here is G flat Major scale in most common clefs: treble clef, bass clef, tenor clef and alto clef. The key signature of G flat Major has six flats (6♭). Here are triad chords for G flat Major scale:Ĭhord VII : F diminished (Notes: F A♭ C♭) The leading Tone of G flat Major is F, because F is the degree VII and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic, or an half step (semitone ) lower than the tonic). : 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 semitone / 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 semitone :1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 half step / 1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 half step Like all other major scales, G flat major scale is composed by this sequence of whole steps and half steps (tones and semitones ): The names of the notes in the G flat major scale are: G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F The G flat (G♭) major scale has six flats (6 ♭) and according to the order of flats they are the B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G flat and the C flat (B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ & C♭).

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