A minor
| Relative key | C major |
|---|---|
| Parallel key | A major |
| Dominant key | E minor |
| Subdominant key | D minor |
| Component pitches | |
| A, B, C, D, E, F, G | |
A minor is a minor scale based on A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.[1] Its key signature has no flats or sharps.[1] Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.
The A natural minor scale is:
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:
Scale degree chords
The scale degree chords of A minor are:
- Tonic – A minor
- Supertonic – B diminished
- Mediant – C major
- Subdominant – D minor
- Dominant – E minor
- Submediant – F major
- Subtonic – G major
Well-known compositions in A minor
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- English Suite No. 2, BWV 807
- Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
- Partita in A minor, BWV 1013
- Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
- Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 23
- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132
- Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise"
- Johannes Brahms
- String Quartet No, 2, Op. 51/2
- Double Concerto, Op. 102
- Clarinet Trio, Op. 114
- Max Bruch
- Frédéric Chopin
- Antonín Dvořák
- String Quintet No. 1, Op. 1
- String Quartet No. 6, Op. 12
- String Quartet No. 7, Op. 16
- Violin Concerto, Op. 53
- Alexander Glazunov
- Violin concerto, Op. 82
- Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto, Op. 16
- Cello Sonata, Op. 36
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
- Franz Liszt
- Gustav Mahler
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Symphony No. 3, Scottish
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
- Rondo, K. 511
- Niccolò Paganini
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- Symphony no. 3, Op. 44
- Maurice Ravel
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
- Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
- Franz Schubert
- Clara Schumann
- Piano Concerto, Op. 7
- Robert Schumann
- Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
- Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
- Piano Concerto, Op. 54
- Cello Concerto, Op. 129
- Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 63
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Fantasia for Solo Flute No. 2
- Fantasia for Solo Violin No. 12
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Concerto for violin, Op. 3/6 RV 356
- Concerto for two violins, Op. 3/8 RV 522
- Concerto for violin, Op. 4/4 RV 357
- Concerto for violin, Op. 7/4 RV 354
- Concerto for violin, Op. 9/5 RV 358
References
- ^ a b "A Minor Scale". Berklee Pulse. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
External links
- Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons