G♯ Minor Scale on Piano

G♯ Minor: G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E F♯. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E F♯
• Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W H W W H W W

Same notes as

• B Major

Finding it on the keys

• G♯ is the middle one of the three black keys
• White keys: B E
• Black keys: G♯ A♯ C♯ D♯ F♯

About the Minor scale

• Darker and more serious than major.
• Rock ballads, metal, film scores.
• Its relative major starts on the ♭3 and uses the same notes.

Chords in G♯ Minor

• i: G♯m
• ii°: A♯°
• ♭III: B
• iv: C♯m
• v: D♯m
• ♭VI: E
• ♭VII: F♯

Other instruments

• G♯ Minor on Guitar
• G♯ Minor on Bass
• G♯ Minor on Ukulele

More on G♯ Minor

• G♯ Minor on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in G♯ Minor