A minor
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.
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| Relative key | C major |
|---|---|
| Parallel key | A major |
| Dominant key | E minor |
| Subdominant | D minor |
| Component pitches | |
| A, B, C, D, E, F, G | |
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:
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
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Franz Liszt
- Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto, Op. 16
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
- Gustav Mahler
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
- Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
- Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata No. 4, D. 537
- Piano Sonata No. 14, D. 784
- Piano Sonata No. 16, D. 845
- Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
- Clara Schumann
- Piano Concerto, Op. 7
- Robert Schumann
- String Quartet, Op. 41/1
- Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
- Piano Concerto, Op. 54
- Cello Concerto, Op. 129
- Niccolò Paganini
- Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 63
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
- Felix Blumenfeld
- Prelude Op. 17, No. 2
- Ferrucio Busoni
- Prelude Op. 37, No. 2
- Stephen Heller
- Etude Op. 46, No. 3
- Etude Op. 46, No. 16
- Anton Arensky
- Morceaux caractéristique Op. 36, No. 20 "Mazurha"
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