This music practice video is designed to aid in any musician’s chord progression and rhythm training. While this video specifically focuses on the twelve bar blues, the metronome training aspect of it teaches more than simply this basic blues progression. Metronome training is extremely helpful for any musician to keep their own rhythm and avoid problems like rushing the beat. This video focuses on playing in the Key Of G Flat Major, with the aid of a piano roll, at a tempo of 100 beats per minute. This is considered to be a Andante Moderato tempo (from the Italian meaning moderately, in the manner of a march).
Key of G Flat Major
Welcome to the wonderful world of Key of G Flat Major! As the name of this Major Key indicates, it has a root note of G Flat. Songs in western music in this key are informally referred to as being “in G Flat." What separates this key from others are the tones that make up the major scale rooted in G Flat, namely: Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb and F.
As with all major keys, the key of Gb has a relative minor key that shares the same notes. All relative minor keys are the sixth tone of their relative major key. Therefore, the key of Gb has a relative minor of The Key of E Flat Minor. Other notable keys that are integral to understanding and playing in the key of Gb are the dominant and subdominant keys. These keys are rooted in the 5th and 4th tone of the key one is playing in, respectively. Therefore, the related dominant key of the key of Gb is The Key of D Flat Major and the related subdominant key of Gb is The Theoretical Key of C Flat Major.
Now you may be asking yourself “what about F Sharp? Why isn’t this the key of F Sharp instead? Aren’t they the same note?” How astute of you! In reality, or at least as far as I can understand, the only real reason for this is efficiency. You see, the key signature for The Key of F# has 6 sharps, whereas The Key of Gb simply has 6 flats. This makes The Theoretical Key of F Sharp Major and all theoretical keys a little more difficult to comprehend, though they sometimes have their place.
So, to summarize, The Key of G Flat Major:
- Can simply be called G Flat
- Has the root note of G Flat
- Is a Major Key
- Has the tones of: Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb and F
- Has a relative minor of The Key of E Flat Minor
- Is the enharmonic equivalent of Theoretical Key of F Sharp Major
- Has a dominant key of Cb
- Has a related subdominant of Db
We have developed some videos here that are designed to help practice playing rhythm or lead in the key of Gb. In addition to that, these videos should help musicians keep a steady rhythm by keeping time with a metronome. All of these videos can be viewed here on steedproductions.com, or, if you’d prefer, you can follow our YouTube channel dedicated to our musician training tools.
Twelve Bar Basic Blues Metronome Progressions Training Video 128Bpm Key Of Gflat With Piano Roll
This music practice video is designed to aid in any musician’s chord progression and rhythm training. While this video specifically focuses on the twelve bar blues, the metronome training aspect of it teaches more than simply this basic blues progression. Metronome training is extremely helpful for any musician to keep their own rhythm and avoid problems like rushing the beat. This video focuses on playing in the Key Of G Flat Major, with the aid of a piano roll, at a tempo of 128 beats per minute. This is considered to be a Allegro tempo (from the Italian meaning fast, quick, and bright).