G minor has 2 flats — B♭, E♭. Here's the signature on the staff, the full scale, its relative major, and the trick to recognize it instantly.
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G minor borrows its 2 flats straight from its relative major, B♭ major. Beyond the signature, minor keys typically raise the seventh degree into a leading tone, so expect an extra accidental in the music that the key signature never shows.
The G minor scale runs G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, F. Every flattened note in the piece takes the key's accidentals automatically, which is exactly what the signature saves you from writing note by note.
G minor shares its signature — 2 flats — with its relative major, B♭ major, a minor third above the tonic. They use the same seven pitches; what tells them apart is which note the music settles on and treats as home.
G minor has 2 flats — B♭, E♭.
The relative major of G minor is B♭ major — it shares the identical key signature (2 flats).
The G minor scale is G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, F.
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