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

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