A minor

A minor

Relative key	C major
Parallel key	A major
Dominant key	E minor
Subdominant	D minor
Component pitches
A, B, C, D, E, F, G

A minor is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.

The A natural minor scale is:

<score vorbis="1" lang="lilypond"> {

\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c {

 \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4
 a4 b c d e f g a g f e d c b a2

} } </score>

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The A harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

<score vorbis="1" lang="lilypond"> {

\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c {

 \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4
 a4^\markup "A harmonic minor scale" b c d e f gis a gis f e d c b a2

} } </score>

<score vorbis="1" lang="lilypond"> {

\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c {

 \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4
 a4^\markup "A melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" b c d e fis gis a g! f! e d c b a2

} } </score>

Well-known compositions in A minor

See also: List of symphonies in A minor

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 23
  • String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132
  • Bagatelle in A minor "Für Elise"
• Johannes Brahms
  • Double Concerto, Op. 102
• Frédéric Chopin
  • Étude Op. 10, No. 2 "Chromatique"
  • Étude Op. 25, No. 4
  • Étude Op. 25, No. 11 "Winter Wind"
  • Mazurka Op. 17, No. 4
  • Mazurka Op. 59, No. 1
  • Boléro, Op. 19
  • Prelude No. 2 in A minor, Op. 28/2
  • Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, B. 150
• Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • 12 études in all the minor keys, Op. 39/1 "Comme le vent"
• Franz Liszt
  • Transcendental Étude No. 2 "Fusées"
• Edvard Grieg
  • Piano Concerto, Op. 16
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
• Gustav Mahler
  • Symphony No. 6
  • Piano Quartet
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 3
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
  • Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331 / 300i
• Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
  • Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
• Franz Schubert
  • Piano Sonata No. 4, D. 537
  • Piano Sonata No. 14, D. 784
  • Piano Sonata No. 16, D. 845
  • Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
• Clara Schumann
  • Piano Concerto, Op. 7
• Robert Schumann
  • String Quartet, Op. 41/1
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
  • Piano Concerto, Op. 54
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 129
• Niccolò Paganini
  • Caprice No. 24
• Jean Sibelius
  • Symphony No. 4
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Oboe Concerto
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99

External links

• Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons