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.

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When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of middle G (G₄) note is approximately 391.995 Hz.^[1] See pitch for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.

It has enharmonic equivalents of F (F-double sharp) and A (A-double flat).

In the medieval period the musical note G was known as gesolreut within the Guidonian hand hexachord system.^[2]

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Scientific designation	Helmholtz designation	Octave name	Frequency (Hz)	MIDI note number
G₋₁	G͵͵͵ or ͵͵͵G or GGGG	Subsubcontra	12.25	7
G₀	G͵͵ or ͵͵G or GGG	Subcontra	24.5	19
G₁	G͵ or ͵G or GG	Contra	48.999	31
G₂	G	Great	97.999	43
G₃	g	Small	195.998	55
G₄	g′	One-lined	391.995	67
G₅	g′′	Two-lined	783.991	79
G₆	g′′′	Three-lined	1567.982	91
G₇	g′′′′	Four-lined	3135.963	103
G₈	g′′′′′	Five-lined	6271.927	115
G₉	g′′′′′′	Six-lined	12543.854	127
G₁₀	g′′′′′′′	Seven-lined	25087.708	N/A

G (musical note)

Designation by octave

Scales

Common scales beginning on G

Diatonic scales

Jazz melodic minor

In popular culture

See also

References

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