G natural minor scale
The darker cousin of the major scale: its third, sixth and seventh notes are one key lower.
How to play it
The numbers are your fingers: 1 is the thumb, 5 the little finger.
Right hand
Start on G with finger 1. Going up the fingers are 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Your thumb tucks under after finger 3. Come back down the same way.
Left hand
An octave lower, start on G with finger 5. Going up the fingers are 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. After your thumb, finger 3 crosses over. Come back down the same way.
Both hands
Play both hands together, an octave apart. The hands change position at different notes, so go slowly and watch the finger numbers.
Songs in G minor
- Bohemian RhapsodyQueen
- Love Me AgainJohn Newman
- Whatcha SayJason Derulo
- Liz On Top Of The WorldDario Marianelli
- No ScrubsTLC
- FrankensteinThe Edgar Winter Group
- Sweater WeatherThe Neighbourhood
- Ballade No. 1, Op. 23Frederic Chopin
- My AllMariah Carey
- Hall Of FameThe Script featuring will.i.am
- Mission: Impossible ThemeGlenda Austin
- What I've DoneLinkin Park
- FrankensteinEdgar Winter Group
- GeorgiaVance Joy
- Break FreeAriana Grande feat. Zedd
- Do I Wanna Know?Arctic Monkeys
- Smoke On The WaterDeep Purple
- Money For NothingDire Straits
- Hungarian Dance No. 5Johannes Brahms
- Chop Suey!System Of A Down
- Glad You CameThe Wanted
- Witchy WomanEagles
- BarkingRamz
- Look Down (Gavroche)Claude-Michel Schonberg
Questions
What notes are in the G natural minor scale?
G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭ and F, then G again an octave up.
What is the fingering for the G natural minor scale?
Right hand going up: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Left hand going up: 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. Coming down, the fingers go the other way.
Which songs are in G minor?
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Love Me Again by John Newman and Whatcha Say by Jason Derulo are among the songs here in G minor.