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A minor
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Relative key | C major |
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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[edit source | edit]
- 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
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Franz Liszt
- Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto, Op. 16
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
- Gustav Mahler
- Felix Mendelssohn
- 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
- Jean Sibelius
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
References[edit source | edit]
External links[edit source | edit]
Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons
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The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case. |
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