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In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction". [1] Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 6 8 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, [2] although Bach also used the key for some 4
Later recorded versions changed the harmonic structure of this tune radically, introducing additional faster chord changes in the A part (which are substitutions that fit the melody line) and in the B part changing the original E major to E minor and the original G to B7. The key of E minor is the relative minor of the key of G major - it uses ...
In popular music and rock music, "borrowing" of chords from the parallel minor of a major key is commonly done. As such, in these genres, in the key of E major, chords such as D major (or ♭ VII), G major (♭ III) and C major (♭ VI) are commonly used. These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor.
It does not accurately represent the chord progressions of all the songs it depicts. It was originally written in D major (thus the progression being D major, A major, B minor, G major) and performed live in the key of E major (thus using the chords E major, B major, C♯ minor, and A
In major keys, the chords iii and vi are often substituted for the I chord, to add interest. In the key of C major, the I major 7 chord is "C, E, G, B," the iii chord ("III–7" [11]) is E minor 7 ("E, G, B, D") and the vi minor 7 chord is A minor 7 ("A, C, E, G"). Both of the tonic substitute chords use notes from the tonic chord, which means ...
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The following five measures revolve around G minor, only to modulate to E ♭ major in measure 86. The major tonality lasts but two measures, as it shifts to F minor in measure 88, F ♯ diminished in 89, and G minor in measure 90. In measure 96, the violins play staccato eighth notes followed by eighth-note rests, while the viola and cello ...