E minor is a minor scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has one sharp, on the F. Its relative major is G major and its parallel major is E major."Notation" BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
The E natural minor scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The E harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:
Much of the classical guitar repertoire is in E minor, as this is a very natural key for the instrument. In standard tuning (E A D G B E), four of the instrument's six open (unfretted) strings are part of the tonic chord. The key of E minor is also popular in heavy metal music, as its tonic is the lowest note on a standard-tuned guitar.
Scale degree chords The scale degree chords of E minor are: Tonic – E minor Supertonic – F-sharp diminished Mediant – G major Subdominant – A minor Dominant – B minor Submediant – C major Subtonic – D major
Notable compositions
Charles-Valentin Alkan Le festin d'Ésope, Op. 39, No. 12, from 12 etudes in all the minor keys Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 English Suite No. 5, BWV 810 Partita for keyboard in E minor, BWV 830 Suite in E minor for solo lute, BWV 996 Bourrée in E minor, BWV 996 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 Piano Sonata No. 27 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 Cello Sonata No. 1 Fantasies, Op. 116 (5th movement) Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (2nd movement) Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in E minor Piano Concerto No. 1 Waltz in E minor Étude Op. 25, No. 5 "Wrong Note" Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 "Suffocation" Franz Danzi Horn Sonata Op. 44 Gaetano Donizetti String Quartet No. 18 Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)"Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo by Antonín Dvořák" BBC. Retrieved 2023-06-14. Piano Trio Op. 90 String Quartet No. 4 Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 46 Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 72 Edward Elgar Cello Concerto Sea Pictures Serenade for Strings String Quartet Violin Sonata Louise Farrenc Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 45 Edvard Grieg Piano Sonata George Frideric Handel Messiah (overture) Concerti grossi, Op. 6, No. 3 Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 44 (Trauer) Ignaz Holzbauer Flute Concerto in E minor Margaret Ruthven Lang Rhapsody in E minor, Op. 24 Feliks Janiewicz Violin concerto No. 5 Karol Lipiński Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 24 Franz Liszt Malédiction, S. 121 Felix Mendelssohn Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 (first pair) Violin Concerto String Symphony No. 3 in E minor, MWV N 3 String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44 Fugue in E minor, MWV W24 Albumblatt, Op. 117 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart Rondo for Flute and Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No. 21 Die Alte, K. 517 Pietro Nardini Sonata No. 6 for two violins and bass Niccolò Paganini Caprice No. 3 Caprice No. 15 Sergei Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets Ferdinand Ries Violin Concerto, Op. 24 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 566 Piano Sonata in E minor, D. 769A Fugue in E minor for four hands, D. 952 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 Symphony No. 10 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 Bedřich Smetana Die Moldau String Quartet No. 1 Sergei Rachmaninoff Moments musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4 Symphony No. 2 Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin Franz Xaver Richter Flute Concerto in E minor Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Carl Maria von Weber Horn Concertino Piano Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 70 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 9
Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto, Op. 11/2 RV 277
See also Key (music) Major and minor Chord (music) Chord notation
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