What is "g major"

Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid[ae], having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

   Note: The common, or whole, snipe ( Gallinago c[oe]lestis) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ( G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ( Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species.

2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.]
   --Shak.

   Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

   Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe.

   Quail snipe. See under Quail.

   Robin snipe, the knot.

   Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary.

   Shore snipe, any sandpiper.

   Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   Stone snipe, the tattler.

   Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.

   Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock.

   Woodcock snipe, the great snipe.

n. 1 (context music English) The major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, the key signature of which has one sharp. 2 (context music English) The major chord with a root of G.

G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp, F.

G major's relative minor is E minor, and its parallel minor is G minor.

For orchestral works in G major, the timpani are typically set to G and D, a fifth apart, rather than a fourth apart as for most other keys.