G (musical note)
G, also called Sol or So, is the fifth note of the fixed-do solfège starting on C. It is the fifth note and the eighth semitone of the solfège. As such it is the dominant, a perfect fifth above C or perfect fourth below C.
When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of middle G note is approximately 391.995 Hz. See pitch for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.
It has enharmonic equivalents of F and A.
In the medieval period the musical note G was known as gesolreut within the Guidonian hand hexachord system.
Scales
Common scales beginning on G
- G major: G A B C D E F G
- G natural minor: G A B C D E F G
- G Minor scale#Harmonic [minor scale|harmonic minor]: G A B C D E F G
- G melodic minor ascending: G A B C D E F G
- G melodic minor descending: G F E D C B A G
[Diatonic scale]s
- G Ionian: G A B C D E F G
- G Dorian: G A B C D E F G
- G Phrygian: G A B C D E F G
- G Lydian: G A B C D E F G
- G Mixolydian: G A B C D E F G
- G Aeolian: G A B C D E F G
- G Locrian: G A B C D E F G
[Jazz scale#Modes of the [melodic minor scale|Jazz melodic minor]]
- G ascending melodic minor: G A B C D E F G
- G Dorian ♭2: G A B C D E F G
- G Lydian augmented: G A B C D E F G
- G Lydian dominant: G A B C D E F G
- G Mixolydian ♭6: G A B C D E F G
- G Locrian ♮2: G A B C D E F G
- G Altered: G A B C D E F G