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A minor

Minor musical scale based on the note A

Summary

Minor musical scale based on the note A

FieldValue
nameA minor
{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key a \minor s2 \clef F \key a \minor s }
relativeC major
parallelA major
dominantE minor
subdominantD minor
first_pitchA
second_pitchB
third_pitchC
fourth_pitchD
fifth_pitchE
sixth_pitchF
seventh_pitchG

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:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative a { \key a \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature a'^"A natural minor scale" b c d e f g a g f e d c b a2 \clef F \key a \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative a { \key a \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature a'^"A harmonic minor scale" b c d e f gis a gis! f e d c b a2 \clef F \key a \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative a { \key a \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature a'^"A melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" b c d e fis gis a g? f? e d c b a2 \clef F \key a \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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
  • 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

Notable Songs

  1. they are notable, and
  2. have sources for being in A minor. --

References

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References

References

  1. "A Minor Scale".
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