Chords in the Key of G Minor
Every diatonic triad and seventh chord in G minor, with the progressions built from them. Free. No sign-up.
Key facts
Diatonic triads
Seventh chords
Stack one more scale tone on each triad and you get the seventh chords — same key, more color.
Common progressions in G minor
i–VI–III–VII
Gm – Eb – Bb – F
The minor pop loop — same four chords as the major axis, started from the minor side.
i–iv–v
Gm – Cm – Dm
The minor blues shape — all three chords stay minor in the natural scale.
i–VII–VI
Gm – F – Eb
The descending rock lament, one whole step at a time.
i–iv–VII–III
Gm – Cm – F – Bb
A circle-of-fifths descent — each root falls a fifth to the next.
How the key of G minor works
G Minor carries two flats (Bb and Eb). The scale runs G–A–Bb–C–D–Eb–F, and stacking every other note of that scale builds the seven chords above — every chord tone comes from those same seven notes.
Bb Major is the relative major: identical key signature, identical seven chords. Treat Bb — the III chord here — as home base and you are in Bb major without changing a note.
The parallel major, G Major, keeps the same root but raises the third, sixth, and seventh — its signature shifts to one sharp (F#). Moving a section from minor to parallel major is one of the oldest brightness tricks in songwriting.
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