A minor

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

A minor is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.

The A natural minor scale is:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \time 7/4 a4^\markup "A natural minor scale" b c d e f g a g f e d c b a2 } }$

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:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \time 7/4 a4^\markup "A harmonic minor scale" b c d e f gis a gis f e d c b a2 } }$

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \time 7/4 a4^\markup "A melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" b c d e fis gis a g! f! e d c b a2 } }$

Well-known compositions in A minor

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 23
- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132
- Bagatelle in A minor "Für Elise"
Johannes Brahms
- Double Concerto, Op. 102
Frédéric Chopin
- Étude Op. 10, No. 2 "Chromatique"
- 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
Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Prelude Op. 31 No. 10 "Dans le style fugué"
- 12 études in all the minor keys, Op. 39/1 "Comme le vent"
Franz Liszt
- Transcendental Étude No. 2 "Fusées"
Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto, Op. 16
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
Gustav Mahler
- Symphony No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn
- Symphony No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata No. 4, D. 537
- Piano Sonata No. 14, D. 784
- Piano Sonata No. 16, D. 845
Robert Schumann
- String Quartet, Op. 41/1
- Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
- Piano Concerto, Op. 54
Niccolò Paganini
- Caprice No. 24
Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 4
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Oboe Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99

Notable songs

Notable songs written in A minor include:

"Hello" by Lionel Richie^[1]
"Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift^[2]
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M^[3]
"No Tears Left to Cry" by Ariana Grande^[4]

References

^ "Hello by Lionel Ritchie; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
^ "Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Losing My Religion by R.E.M; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. 1991. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "pianoNOW "No Tears Left to Cry" Sheet Music (Piano Solo) in A Minor". Musicnotes. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

External links

Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Hello by Lionel Ritchie; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

[2] "Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[3] "Losing My Religion by R.E.M; sheet music". Musicnotes.com. 1991. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[4] "pianoNOW "No Tears Left to Cry" Sheet Music (Piano Solo) in A Minor". Musicnotes. Retrieved April 22, 2018.

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