C minor

C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E♭ major and its parallel major is C major.

The C natural minor scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The C harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of C minor are:

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

Notable compositions

• Charles-Valentin Alkan Prelude Op. 31, No. 16 (Assez lentement) Symphony for Solo Piano, 1st movement: Allegro Trois grandes études, Op. 76, No. 3 "Mouvement semblable et perpetuel"
• Johannes Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997 Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Partita No. 2, BWV 826
• Ludwig van Beethoven (See Beethoven and C minor) Piano Sonata No. 5 Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique) Piano Concerto No. 3 Coriolan Overture Symphony No. 5 Choral Fantasy Piano Sonata No. 32
• Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 String Quartet Op. 51/1 Piano Trio No. 3 Piano Quartet No. 3
• Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 8
• Frédéric Chopin Rondo Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 1 Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Étude Op. 25, No. 12 (Ocean) Prélude Op. 28, No. 20 "Funeral March" Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin) Mazurka Op. 56, No. 3
• Gabriel Fauré Élégie, Op. 24
• Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20
• Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd"
• Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung"
• Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor, MWV Q3 Symphony No. 1 Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a) Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491) Maurerische Trauermusik K. 477 (479a) Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K. 517 Adagio and Fugue in C minor. K. 546 Wind Serenade in C minor. K. 388 (384a) Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396 (385f) Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 Fantasy in C minor, K. 475 Kleiner Trauermarsch, K. 453a
• Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 3, Op. 44
• Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
• Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)
• Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 8
• Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4, D. 417 Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958 Impromptu No. 1, D. 899

See also

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

External links

• Media related toC minorat Wikimedia Commons