What notes are in the G Major scale?

G Major contains G, A, B, C, D, E, F#. Its interval pattern from the root is W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half).

What is the relative minor of G major?

E minor — it uses exactly the same notes, starting from a different root.

The diatonic triads are G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F#dim.

SCALE REFERENCE

G – A – B – C – D – E – F♯1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The reference scale of Western music — bright, resolved, and the yardstick every other scale is described against.

Notes & degrees

G1A2B3C4D5E6F♯7

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

Common progressions in G major

G – D – Em – C

G – C – D

Am – D – G

Em – C – G – D

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Other scales on G

Major on another root

Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.