A minor

A minor
${ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature s2 \clef F s }$
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, 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:

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c'' { \cadenzaOn a b c d e f g a g f e d c b a2 } \addlyrics { a b c d e f g a g f e d c b a } }$

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:

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c'' { \cadenzaOn a^"A harmonic minor scale" b c d e f gis a gis f e d c b a2} \addlyrics { a b c d e f g♯ a g♯ f e d c b a } }$

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c'' { \cadenzaOn a^"A melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" b c d e fis gis a g? f? e d c b a2} \addlyrics { a b c d e f♯ g♯ a g f e d c b a } }$

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
- Romance for violin and orchestra, Op. 42
- Serenade for violin and orchestra, Op. 75
- String quartet, Op. posth.
Frédéric Chopin
- Étude Op. 10, No. 2
- 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
Antonín Dvořák
- String Quintet No. 1, Op. 1
- String Quartet No. 6, Op. 12
- String Quartet No. 7, Op. 16
- Violin Concerto, Op. 53
Gabriel Fauré
- Barcarolle for piano No. 1, 9 and 10, Op. 26, 101 and 104/2
Alexander Glazunov
- String quartet no. 4, Op. 64
- 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
- Transcendental Étude No. 2, Fusées
Gustav Mahler
- Symphony No. 6
- Piano Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn
- Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
- Rondo, K. 511
Niccolò Paganini
- Caprice No. 24
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- Symphony no. 3, Op. 44
Maurice Ravel
- Piano Trio
- Sonata for Violin and Cello
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
- Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata, D 537
- Piano Sonata, D 784
- String Quartet No. 13, D 804 Rosamunde
- Piano Sonata, D 845
- Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Clara Schumann
- Piano Concerto, Op. 7
Robert Schumann
- Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
- Violin Sonata No. 3, WoO 27
- 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 flute solo No. 2
- Fantasia for violin solo No. 12
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Oboe Concerto
Giovanni Battista Viotti
- Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor, G. 97
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
- Concerto for two violins, RV 523

External links

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