The G Major scale on Flute is the scale of the key of G or one sharp. This implies that its tonic note is G. G major is relative to the key of E minor, parallel to the key of G minor, dominant to the key of D major, and subdominant to the key of C major. Below is a two octaves scale of G major on flute and how it sounds;

How to play the G major scale on the flute, its notes, and fingering chat

You can only play a G major scale of two octaves on the flute, being between the ranges of G4 to G6. You need to use a fingering chart or a particular pattern to play the G major scale on the flute. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the G major scale on the flute;

First octave G major scale notes (G4 – G5) fingering chart for flute

To play the first octave (G4 – G5) G major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen one note out of the seven notes you should play and that note is the F note. Your fingering needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Below is a chart for the first octave G major scale on the flute;

Second octave G major scale notes (G5 – G6) fingering chart for flute

To play the second octave (G5 – G6) G major scale on the flute, you have to sharpen one note out of the seven notes you should play and that note is the F note. Your fingering needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Learning the scale might be hard for beginners. You will also have to tighten your lips to produce higher-pitched notes. Below is a chart for the second octave G major scale on the flute;

Concert G major scale

While playing the G major scale, or playing a composition written in G major for the flute in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note are played naturally while playing this scale on the concert flute, Indian or Bansuri flute, Native American flute, pan flute, Arabian flute, and any other flute.

If you play an alto flute or any other transposable flute, you can play the G major scale without any transposition. But while running the G major scale with another instrument that is not transposable, you will then have to transpose to the right key in other to sound the same with them in pitch.

G major scale flute notes and arpeggio

The G major scale can be played up to two octaves on a C flute, the standard concert flute. The first note of this scale on the C flute is the G note on the second line of the treble clef which in the range is the G4.

The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, G. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as G, B, D, G, B, D, G, D, B, G, D, B, G.

Notable flute compositions in G major

• 11 Flute Sonatas by Johann Benda
• 2 Duos pour 2 Flûtes Op.148 by Joseph Küffner
• 2 Flute Duets by Sebastian Bodinus
• 3 Flute Quartets WoO 35 by Ferdinand Ries
• 3 Pieces for Flute and Cello by Edgar Girtain IV
• 32 Variations for Flute Quartet in G major Op.57 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• 4 Intermezzi for Flute, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Joseph Lauber
• 6 Flute Quartets by Johann Matthias Sperger
• 6 Flute Quartets by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
• Air varié for Flute and Guitar Op.18 by Carl Andreas Göpfert
• Air Varié pour Flûte et Guitare No.6 Op.41 by Tranquille Berbiguier
• Air Varié pour Flûte et Guitare No.9 Op.56 by Tranquille Berbiguier
• Capriccio for 2 Flutes and Strings Op.13 by Leoš Soustružník
• Concertante for Flute, Violin and Orchestra by Anton Reicha
• Concertino for 2 Flutes in G major MWV 10.32 by Johann Melchior Molter
• Concertino for Flute and 2 Violas da gamba in G major MWV 9.22 by Johann Melchior Molter
• Concertino for Flute, Violin and Viola in G major MWV 9.17 by Johann Melchior Molter
• Concerto for 2 Flutes and 2 Horns in G major MWV 5.19 by Johann Melchior Molter
• Concerto for 2 Flutes and Bassoon TWV 53:G1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Concerto for 2 Flutes and Strings by Siegfried Strohbach
• Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major D-Dl Mus.2-O-20 (Anonymous)
• Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major G.1077 by Domenico Cimarosa
• Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major GWV 330 by Christoph Graupner
• Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major GWV 331 by Christoph Graupner
• Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major QV 6:7 by Johann Joachim Quantz
• Concerto for Flute and 2 Violins, TWV 51:AnhG1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Concerto for Flute and Clarinet, Op.200 by Cyril Plante
• Concerto for Flute and Guitar by Ferdinando Carulli
• Concerto for Flute and Oboe in G major by Anton Stamitz
• Concerto for Flute and Oboe, FaWV L:G8 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
• Concerto for Flute d’amore, Oboe d’amore and Viola d’amore in G major, GWV 333 by Christoph Graupner
• Concerto for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Strings by Stephen Potter
• Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Orchestra, H.252 by Bohuslav Martinů
• Concerto for Violin, Flute, Bassoon and Continuo by Balthasar Villicus
• Divertimento for Piano and Flute, Op.62 by Ferdinand Ries
• Duet for 2 Flutes and 2 Violas, Op.3056 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for English Horn and Alto Flute in G major, Op.2403 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Baritone Saxophone in G major, Op.2846 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Bassoon in G major, Op.2395 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Cello in G major, Op.2790 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Harpsichord in G major, Op.2952 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Viola in G major, Op.2657 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Duet for Flute and Violin in G major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op.15 by Eugène Walckiers
• Fantasy for Flute and Piano, Op.24 by Karol Scholl
• Flute Concertino No.2 by Charles Nicholson
• Flute Concerto by Josef Willibald Michl
• Flute Concerto by Johann Matthias Sperger
• Flute Concerto in G major by Casimir Anton Cartellieri
• Flute Concerto in G major by Carlo Cecere
• Flute Concerto in G major by Christian Ludwig Dieter
• Flute Concerto in G major by Johann Anton Filtz
• Flute Concerto in G major by Christoph Förster
• Flute Concerto in G major by Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Flute Concerto in G major by Ignaz Holzbauer
• Flute Concerto in G major by Christian Gottfried Krause
• Flute Concerto in G major by Johann Wilhelm Leeder
• Flute Concerto in G major by Alessio Prati
• Flute Concerto in G major by Vincenzo Righini
• Flute Concerto in G major by Giuseppe Sellitto
• Flute Concerto in G major by Mathias Stabinger
• Flute Concerto in G major by Jiří Čart
• Flute Concerto in G major 1 by Simoni dall Croubelis
• Flute Concerto in G major 2 by Simoni dall Croubelis
• Flute Concerto in G major, D-KA Mus. Hs. 1018 by Anonymous
• Flute Concerto in G major, E-Mn MP/3174/7 by Anonymous
• Flute Concerto in G major, GraunWV D:XIII:176 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
• Flute Concerto in G major, GraunWV D:XIII:178 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 1200 by Johan Agrell
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 1644 by Johan Agrell
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 2143 by Johan Agrell
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 244 by Johann Adolph Hasse
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 2480 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• Flute Concerto in G major, GroF 441 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Flute Concerto in G major GroF 442 by Hoffmeister Franz Anton
• Flute Concerto in G major GroF 444 by Hoffmeister Franz Anton
• Flute Concerto in G major GroF 604 by Ciurache Giovanni
• Flute Concerto in G major GroF 680 by Adam Johann
• Flute Concerto in G major Grof 824 by Stamitz Johann
• Flute Concerto in G major GT 1.A18a by Tartini Giuseppe
• Flute Concerto in G major GWV 329 by Graupner Christoph
• Flute Concerto in G major H.445 by Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel
• Flute Concerto in G major K.313/285c by Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus
• Flute Concerto in G major L2.11 by Benda Franz
• Flute Concerto in G major LorB 312 by Benda Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
• Flute Concerto in G major LorB 313 by Benda Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
• Flute Concerto in G major MWV 6.15 by Molter Johann Melchior
• Flute Concerto in G major MWV 6.16 by Molter Johann Melchior
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.12 by Schneider Georg Abraham
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.2 by Hartmann Christian Karl
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.20 by Stamitz Carl Philipp
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.29 by Stamitz Carl Philipp
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.3 by Garnier Joseph-François
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.3 No.11 by Hasse Johann Adolph
• Flute Concerto in G major Op.6 by Müller August Eberhard
• Flute Concerto in G major P.33 by Pergolesi Giovanni Battista
• Flute Concerto in G major QV 5:169 by Quantz Johann Joachim
• Flute Concerto in G major QV 5:173 by Quantz Johann Joachim
• Flute Concerto in G major QV 5:174 by Quantz Johann Joachim
• Flute Concerto in G major by Johann Joachim Quantz, QV 5:189
• Flute Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 435
• Flute Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 436
• Flute Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 437
• Flute Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 438
• Flute Concerto in G major by Johann Adolph Scheibe, SchW A1:007
• Flute Concerto in G major by Carl Friedrich Abel, WK 50
• Flute Concerto in G major by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, WV 347
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Frederick II
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Christian Karl Hartmann
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Antoine Hugot
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Tommaso Prota
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Othon-Joseph Vandenbroek
• Flute Concerto No.1 in G major by Amand Vanderhagen
• Flute Concerto No.1, Op.30 by Franz Krommer
• Flute Concerto No.2 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
• Flute Concerto No.2 in G major by Frederick II
• Flute Concerto No.2 in G major by Tommaso Prota
• Flute Concerto No.2 In G major, Op.20 by Oliver Wilder Welles
• Flute Concerto No.3 in G major by François Devienne
• Flute Concerto No.3 in G major by Christian Karl Hartmann
• Flute Concerto, FaWV deest by Johann Friedrich Fasch
• Flute Concerto, Op.13 by Franz Christoph Neubauer
• Flute Concerto, TWV 51:G1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Flute Duo, Op.85 by Joseph Küffner
• Flute Fantasia in G major Op.2 by Andreas Traeg
• Flute Quartet by Dietmar Pfeifer
• Flute Quartet in G major by Joseph Drechsler
• Flute Quartet in G major DTB XV/1.10 by Carl Joseph Toeschi
• Flute Quartet in G major K.285a by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Flute Quartet in G major M.C III:12 by Johann Matthias Sperger
• Flute Quartet in G major M.C III:13 by Johann Matthias Sperger
• Flute Quartet in G major M.C III:18 by Johann Matthias Sperger
• Flute Quartet in G major Op.1 No.2 by Christian Cannabich
• Flute Quartet in G major Op.18 by Carlo Michele Alessio Sola
• Flute Quartet in G major Op.5 by János Fusz
• Flute Quartet in G major Op.5 No.5 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
• Flute Quartet No.2 Op.38 by Friedrich Ernst Fesca
• Flute Quartet No.3 in G major by Joseph Kreutzer
• Flute Quartet No.3 Op.79 by Traugott Maximilian Eberwein
• Flute Quartet Op.19 by Anton Reicha
• Flute Quartet Op.21 by Peter Hänsel
• Flute Quartet Op.44 by Charles Kreith
• Flute Quartet Op.52 by Luigi Gianella
• Flute Quartet Op.84 by Ferdinand Thieriot
• Flute Quartet Op.92 by Franz Krommer
• Flute Quintet in G major by Bernhard Romberg
• Flute Quintet in G major H.5905/2 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Flute Quintet in G major Op.54 by Georg Abraham Schneider
• Flute Quintet Op.101 by Franz Krommer
• Flute Sonata in A major QV 1:145 by Johann Joachim Quantz
• Flute Sonata in G major by Johan Henrik Freithoff
• Flute Sonata in G major by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
• Flute Sonata in G major by Johann Adolph Hasse
• Flute Sonata in G major by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
• Flute Sonata in G major by Johann Philipp Kirnberger
• Flute Sonata in G major by Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
• Flute Sonata in G major by Fortunato Riedel
• Flute Sonata in G major by Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt
• Flute Sonata in G major by Filippo Ruge
• Flute Sonata in G major by Giuseppe Sammartini
• Flute Sonata in G major by Jiří Čart
• Flute Sonata in G Major by Jiří Čart
• Flute Sonata in G major D-B Mus.ms.18500/10 by Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt
• Flute Sonata in G major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
• Flute Sonata in G major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1113 by Anonymous
• Flute Sonata in G major D-RH Ms 987 by Anonymous
• Flute Sonata in G major GWV 708 by Christoph Graupner
• Flute Sonata in G major H.550 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• Flute Sonata in G major H.564 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• Flute Sonata in G major HWV 363b by George Frideric Handel
• Flute Sonata in G major L.642.b by Georg Benda
• Flute Sonata in G major Op.1 No.3 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
• Flute Sonata in G major Op.1 No.6 by Anna Bon

• Flute Sonata in G major, Op.58 No.5 by Devienne François
• Flute Sonata in G major, Op.6 No.1 by Nicolai Johann Gottlieb
• Flute Sonata in G major, PB 325 by Boismortier Bodin de Joseph
• Flute Sonata in G major, QV 1:105 by Quantz Johann Joachim
• Flute Sonata in G major, QV 1:109 by Quantz Johann Joachim
• Flute Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 38
• Flute Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 41
• Flute Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 65
• Flute Sonata in G major WV 514 by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
• Flute Sonata No.5 in G major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
• Flute Sonata Op.18 by Niels Peter Jensen
• Flute Sonata Op.48 by Ferdinand Ries
• Flute Sonata Op.69 by Friedrich Kuhlau
• Flute Sonata Op.87 by Ferdinand Ries
• Flute Sonata TWV 41:G9 by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Flute Sonatina Op.2 by José Ramón Hernández Bellido
• Flute Trio in G major by Wolfgang Kirmayr
• Flute Trio in G major by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
• Flute Trio in G major Op.142 by Leonhard von Call
• Flute Trio in G major Op.29 by Johann Anton André
• Flute Trio in G major Op.33 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
• Flute Trio Op.24 by Kaspar Kummer
• Flute Trio Op.72 by Kaspar Kummer
• Grand Flute Trio No.2 Op.9 by John Clinton
• Grand solo pour flûte et alto by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Grande Serenade sentimentale pour Flute et Guitare Op.99 by Anton Diabelli
• Minuet for Flute by Jordan Murray Holloway
• Notturno for Flute Quartet No.3 Op.26 by Adalbert Gyrowetz
• Piece for Flute and Piano in G major by Roman Uhlár
• Polonaise for Flute and Piano Op.25 by Karol Scholl
• Quartet for 2 Flutes Guitar and Viola Op.94 by Joseph Küffner
• Quartet for Flute Bassoon Euphonium and Viola Op.2722 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Quartet for Flute Clarinet Viola and Cello Op.2916 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Romance for Flute and Piano Op.119 by Salomon Jadassohn
• Romance for Flute and Piano Op.41 by Georges Brun
• Quintett for Flute Oboe Violin Viola and Cello by Ignaz von Beecke
• Quartet for Flute Oboe Bassoon and Cello in G major Op.3061 by Stephen W. Beatty
• Quartet for Piano Flute Viola and Cello MJ 13 by Tobias Haslinger
• Scherzo for the Flutes by Thomas James Crawford
• Serenade for Flute and Guitar Op.20 by Joseph Küffner
• Serenade for Flute Bassoon Viola and Guitar Op.9 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
• Serenade for Flute Viola and Guitar Op.2 by Joseph Küffner
• Serenade in G major for Flute and Harp by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
• Serenade pour deux flûtes Op.6 by Antonín Bayer
• Serenade pour Flûte et Guitarre Op.128 by Leonhard von Call
• Sonata for 2 Guitars and Flute Op.11 by Carl Andreas Göpfert
• Sonata for 3 Flutes in G major PB 257 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
• Sonata for Flute and Guitar Op.103 by Leonhard von Call
• Sonata for Flute and Harp Mn.87 by Lukas Florczak
• Sonata for Flute or Violin and Continuo by Johann Martin Blockwitz

• Sonata for Flute Solo in G major by Michael Janusch
• Suite No.1 for 2 Flutes by Michel de La Barre
• Sérénade en Duo pour Guitare et Flûte, Op.136 by Leonhard von Call
• Theme and 6 Variations for Flute and Violin by Johann Baptist Vanhal
• Trio for 2 Flutes and Guitar, Op.15 by Kaspar Fürstenau
• Trio for 2 Flutes and Harp in G major by Marco Anzoletti
• Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano by Kishio Hirao
• Trio for Piano and 2 Flutes, Op.119 by Friedrich Kuhlau
• Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon, WoO 37 by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Variations for 2 Flutes and Guitar, Op.68 by Leonhard von Call
• Variations for Flute Quartet in G major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Variations for the Flute with Accompaniment by Johann Andreas Amon
• Variations pour flûte et guitare, Op.55 by Kaspar Kummer
• Variations pour guitare et flûte, No.20 by Leonhard von Call