A minor

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:

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 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, 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

• Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons