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This is a category for all transposing instruments that sound music written in the key of C in the key of G, regardless of octave. recorder Pages in category "G instruments" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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G major is the key stipulated for the royal anthem of Canada, "God Save the King". [4] The anthem "God Defend New Zealand" ("Aotearoa") was originally composed by John Joseph Woods in A-flat major, but after becoming New Zealand's national anthem in 1977, it was rearranged into G major to better suit general and massed singing. [5]
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.
Although the enharmonic key of A-flat major is preferred because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F), G-sharp major appears as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1.
In the Key of G is the ninth studio album by British-Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, released on January 1, 1989. [1] Union Square Music re-released it on April 8, 2013 [ 2 ] on the Salvo label as part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer and His Songs collection.
William Gordon Burn Murdoch (22 January 1862 – 19 July 1939) was a Scottish painter, travel writer and explorer. Murdoch travelled widely including India and both the Arctic and the Antarctic. He is said to be the first person to have played the bagpipes in the Antarctic. He published several travel books as well as being an accomplished artist.
Boulton, Watt and Murdoch is a gilded bronze statue depicting Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and William Murdoch by William Bloye, assisted by Raymond Forbes Kings. It stands on a plinth of Portland stone in Centenary Square, Birmingham and marks the contribution these individuals made to the development of the steam engine and hence the start of ...