E minor

Minor scale based on E

E minor

Relative key| G major

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

E minor is a minor scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F♯, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has one sharp, on the F. Its relative major is G major and its parallel major is E major.[1]

The E 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 E harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

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Much of the classical guitar repertoire is in E minor, as this is a very natural key for the instrument. In standard tuning (E A D G B E), four of the instrument's six open (unfretted) strings are part of the tonic chord. The key of E minor is also popular in heavy metal music, as its tonic is the lowest note on a standard-tuned guitar.

## Scale degree chords

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The scale degree chords of E minor are:

* Tonic – E minor
* Supertonic – F-sharp diminished
* Mediant – G major
* Subdominant – A minor
* Dominant – B minor
* Submediant – C major
* Subtonic – D major

## Notable compositions

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See also: List of symphonies in E minor

* Charles-Valentin Alkan
* Le festin d'Ésope, Op. 39, No. 12, from 12 etudes in all the minor keys
* Johann Sebastian Bach
* Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
* English Suite No. 5, BWV 810
* Partita for keyboard in E minor, BWV 830
* Suite in E minor for solo lute, BWV 996
* Bourrée in E minor, BWV 996
* Ludwig van Beethoven
* String Quartet No. 8
* Piano Sonata No. 27
* Johannes Brahms
* Symphony No. 4
* Cello Sonata No. 1
* Fantasies, Op. 116 (5th movement)
* Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (2nd movement)
* Frédéric Chopin
* Nocturne in E minor
* Piano Concerto No. 1
* Waltz in E minor
* Étude Op. 25, No. 5 "Wrong Note"
* Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 "Suffocation"
* Franz Danzi
* Horn Sonata Op. 44
* Gaetano Donizetti
* String Quartet No. 18
* Antonín Dvořák
* Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)[2]
* Piano Trio Op. 90
* String Quartet No. 4
* Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 46
* Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 72
* Edward Elgar
* Cello Concerto
* Sea Pictures
* Serenade for Strings
* String Quartet
* Violin Sonata
* Louise Farrenc
* Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 45
* Edvard Grieg
* Piano Sonata
* George Frideric Handel
* Messiah (overture)
* Joseph Haydn
* Symphony No. 44 (Trauer)
* Ignaz Holzbauer
* Flute Concerto in E minor
* Margaret Ruthven Lang
* Rhapsody in E minor, Op. 24
* Karol Lipiński
* Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 24
* Franz Liszt
* Malédiction, S. 121
* Felix Mendelssohn
* Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 (first pair)
* Violin Concerto
* String Symphony No. 3 in E minor, MWV N 3
* String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44
* Fugue in E minor, MWV W24
* Albumblatt, Op. 117
* Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
* Rondo for Flute and Piano
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Violin Sonata No. 21
* Die Alte, K. 517
* Pietro Nardini
* Sonata No. 6 for two violins and bass
* Niccolò Paganini
* Caprice No. 3
* Caprice No. 15
* Sergei Prokofiev
* Montagues and Capulets
* Franz Schubert
* Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 566
* Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 769A
* Fugue in E minor for four hands, D. 952
* Dmitri Shostakovich
* Piano Trio No. 2
* Symphony No. 10
* Jean Sibelius
* Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
* Bedřich Smetana
* Die Moldau
* String Quartet No. 1
* Sergei Rachmaninoff
* Moments musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4
* Symphony No. 2
* Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
* Maurice Ravel
* Le tombeau de Couperin
* Franz Xaver Richter
* Flute Concerto in E minor
* Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
* Scheherazade
* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
* Symphony No. 5
* Carl Maria von Weber
* Piano Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 70
* Ralph Vaughan Williams
* Symphony No. 6
* Symphony No. 9
* Giuseppe Verdi
* String Quartet
* Carl Maria von Weber
* Horn Concertino

## See also

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* Key (music)
* Major and minor
* Chord (music)
* Chord notation

## References

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1. ^ "Notation" BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
2. ^ "Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo by Antonín Dvořák" BBC. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

## External links

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* Media related to E minor at Wikimedia Commons

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Diatonic scales and keys

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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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