A minor
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| Relative key | C major | |
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| Parallel key | A major | |
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| A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A | ||
A minor (abbreviated Am) is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, G and A (natural minor scale - the harmonic minor scale contains a G♯ instead of a G natural). Its key signature contains no flats or sharps.
Its relative key is C major, and its parallel major is A major.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.
Johann Joachim Quantz considered A minor, along with C minor, much more suitable for expressing "the sad effect" than other minor keys (Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen).
[edit] Well-known classical compositions in this key
- Invention No. 13 - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Für Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Piano Concerto - Edvard Grieg
- Symphony No. 6 - Gustav Mahler
- Scottish Symphony - Felix Mendelssohn
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - Camille Saint-Saëns
- Symphony No. 4 - Jean Sibelius
- Piano Concerto - Robert Schumann
- Violin Concerto No. 6 - Antonio Vivaldi
- Classical Gas - Mason Williams
[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
- 10,000 Days (song) - Tool
- Amazing - Aerosmith
- American Jesus - Bad Religion
- Anthem for the Year 2000 - Silverchair
- Bad Habit - The Offspring
- Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
- Burnin' For You - Blue Öyster Cult
- Cab Driver - Daryl Hall
- Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Exploration of Space - Cosmic Gate
- Fade to Black - Metallica
- Get Up And Boogie - Silver Convention
- Hello - Lionel Richie
- Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
- Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
- House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
- Le Freak - Chic
- The Look of Love - ABC
- Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
- Lover I don't have to Love - Bright Eyes
- Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
- Mortal Kombat Theme - from Mortal Kombat
- Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
- Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana
- "Roulette Dares (the Hunt Of)" - the Mars Volta
- Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
- Self-Esteem - The Offspring
- She's No You - Jesse McCartney
- She's Not There - The Zombies
- Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
- What Goes Around...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
- When Doves Cry - Prince and the Revolution
- Working Class Hero - John Lennon
- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
- The X-Files theme song
[edit] Trivia
- Only one song in Alicia Keys's album Songs in A minor, "Jane Doe," is actually in A minor.
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