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The harmonic field of G♯ minor 5 sharps in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads · natural minor G ♯ m i Tonic Diatonic A ♯ dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic B III Tonic Diatonic C ♯ m iv Subdominant Diatonic D ♯ m v Dominant Diatonic E VI Tonic Diatonic F ♯ VII Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i G ♯ m G♯ · B · D♯ Tonic ii° A ♯ dim A♯ · C♯ · E Subdominant III B B · D♯ · F♯ Tonic iv C ♯ m C♯ · E · G♯ Subdominant v D ♯ m D♯ · F♯ · A♯ Dominant VI E E · G♯ · B Tonic VII F ♯ F♯ · A♯ · C♯ Dominant
Seventh chords · natural minor G ♯ m7 i7 Tonic Diatonic A ♯ m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic B maj7 IIImaj7 Tonic Diatonic C ♯ m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic D ♯ m7 v7 Dominant Diatonic E maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic F ♯ 7 VII7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i7 G ♯ m7 G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ Tonic iiø7 A ♯ m7 ♭5 A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ Subdominant IIImaj7 B maj7 B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ Tonic iv7 C ♯ m7 C♯ · E · G♯ · B Subdominant v7 D ♯ m7 D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ Dominant VImaj7 E maj7 E · G♯ · B · D♯ Tonic VII7 F ♯ 7 F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E Dominant
Triads · harmonic minor G ♯ m i Tonic Diatonic A ♯ dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic B aug III+ Tonic Diatonic C ♯ m iv Subdominant Diatonic D ♯ V Dominant Diatonic E VI Tonic Diatonic F 𝄪 dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i G ♯ m G♯ · B · D♯ Tonic ii° A ♯ dim A♯ · C♯ · E Subdominant III+ B aug B · D♯ · F𝄪 Tonic iv C ♯ m C♯ · E · G♯ Subdominant V D ♯ D♯ · F𝄪 · A♯ Dominant VI E E · G♯ · B Tonic vii° F 𝄪 dim F𝄪 · A♯ · C♯ Dominant
Seventh chords · harmonic minor G ♯ m(maj7) imaj7 Tonic Diatonic A ♯ m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic B maj7 ♯5 IIImaj7#5 Tonic Diatonic C ♯ m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic D ♯ 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic E maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic F 𝄪 dim7 vii°7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function imaj7 G ♯ m(maj7) G♯ · B · D♯ · F𝄪 Tonic iiø7 A ♯ m7 ♭5 A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ Subdominant IIImaj7#5 B maj7 ♯5 B · D♯ · F𝄪 · A♯ Tonic iv7 C ♯ m7 C♯ · E · G♯ · B Subdominant V7 D ♯ 7 D♯ · F𝄪 · A♯ · C♯ Dominant VImaj7 E maj7 E · G♯ · B · D♯ Tonic vii°7 F 𝄪 dim7 F𝄪 · A♯ · C♯ · E Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from G♯4. The function is assigned by degree — tonic on I, III and VI; subdominant on II and IV; dominant on V and VII — which is how the harmonic field is taught. Context can change that reading, and the tool reports the degree.
Related keys B major Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. A♭ major Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. G♯m in the dictionary The tonic triad: notes, staff, keyboard and guitar shapes. Read about Diatonic harmony The chords that arise from stacking thirds on each degree of a scale, and why each quality lands where it does. Harmonic function The role each degree plays — tonic, subdominant, or dominant — and the tension that moves one to the next. Roman numeral analysis The notation that describes a chord by the position it occupies in the key rather than by the note it sits on. Minor key harmony The minor harmonic field, which is not one field: the three minor scales produce different chords on the same degree.