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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, 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:

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
  • String quartet, Op. posth.
• 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, Op. 34, 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
• Gabriel Fauré
  • Barcarolle for piano No. 1, 9 and 10, Op. 26, 101 and 104/2
• Alexander Glazunov
  • String quartet no. 4, Op. 64
  • 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
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, WoO 27
  • 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 flute solo No. 2
  • Fantasia for violin solo No. 12
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Oboe Concerto
• Giovanni Battista Viotti
  • Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor, G. 97
• 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
  • Concerto for two violins, RV 523

External links

• Media related to A minor at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Diatonic scales and keys
No. Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 C a C a 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c♯ 5 D♭ b♭ B g♯ 6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯ 7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯ 8 F♭ d♭ G♯ e♯ The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.

• Musical keys
• Minor scales
• Compositions in A minor