A minor

Minor musical scale based on the note A

"Key of A minor" redirects here. For the album by Jessica Riddle, see Key of a Minor.

For other uses, see Minor (disambiguation).

A minor

Relative key| C major

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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. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.

The A natural minor scale is:

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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:

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## Scale degree chords

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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

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See also: List of symphonies 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Oboe Concerto
* 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

## External links

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* Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons

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Diatonic scales and keys

|  |  | No. | Flats | Sharps

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Major | minor | Major  | minor
0  | C | a | C | a
1  | F | d | G | e
2  | B♭ | g | D | b
3  | E♭ | c | A | f♯
4  | A♭ | f | E | c♯
5  | D♭ | b♭ | B | g♯
6  | G♭ | e♭ | F♯ | d♯
7  | C♭ | a♭ | C♯ | a♯
8 | F♭ | d♭ | G♯ | e♯
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