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C minor

Minor scale based on C

Minor scale based on C

FieldValue
nameC minor
{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key c \minor s16 \clef F \key c \minor s^"" }
relativeE-flat major
parallelC major
dominantG minor
subdominantF minor
first_pitchC
second_pitchD
third_pitchE
fourth_pitchF
fifth_pitchG
sixth_pitchA
seventh_pitchB
Note

the C minor scale

C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E major and its parallel major is C major.

The C natural minor scale is:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key c \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature c^"C natural minor scale" d es f g as bes c bes as g f es d c2 \clef F \key c \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The C harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key c \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature c^"C harmonic minor scale" d es f g as b c b as g f es d c2 } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key c \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature c^"C melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" d es f g a b c bes! as! g f es d c2 } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of C minor are:

  • Tonic – C minor
  • Supertonic – D diminished
  • Mediant – E-flat major
  • Subdominant – F minor
  • Dominant – G minor
  • Submediant – A-flat major
  • Subtonic – B-flat major

Notable compositions

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan
    • Prelude Op. 31, No. 16 (Assez lentement)
    • Symphony for Solo Piano, 1st movement: Allegro
    • Trois grandes études, Op. 76, No. 3 "Mouvement semblable et perpetuel"
  • Johannes Sebastian Bach
    • Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
    • Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997
    • Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011
    • The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
    • Partita No. 2, BWV 826
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (See Beethoven and C minor)
    • Piano Sonata No. 5
    • Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique)
    • Piano Concerto No. 3
    • Coriolan Overture
    • Symphony No. 5
    • Choral Fantasy
    • Piano Sonata No. 32
  • Johannes Brahms
    • Symphony No. 1
    • String Quartet Op. 51/1
    • Piano Trio No. 3
    • Piano Quartet No. 3
  • Anton Bruckner
    • Symphony No. 1
    • Symphony No. 2
    • Symphony No. 8
  • Frédéric Chopin
    • Rondo Op. 1
    • Piano Sonata No. 1
    • Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary)
    • Étude Op. 25, No. 12 (Ocean)
    • Prélude Op. 28, No. 20 "Funeral March"
    • Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
    • Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin)
    • Mazurka Op. 56, No. 3
  • Gabriel Fauré
    • Élégie, Op. 24
  • Joseph Haydn
    • Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20
  • Franz Liszt
    • Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd"
  • Gustav Mahler
    • Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung"
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Piano Trio in C minor, MWV Q3
    • Symphony No. 1
    • Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a)
    • Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491)
    • Maurerische Trauermusik K. 477 (479a)
    • Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K. 517
    • Adagio and Fugue in C minor. K. 546
    • Wind Serenade in C minor. K. 388 (384a)
    • Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396 (385f)
    • Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457
    • Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
    • Kleiner Trauermarsch, K. 453a
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    • Symphony No. 3, Op. 44
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
    • Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
    • String Quartet No. 8
    • Symphony No. 4
    • Symphony No. 8
  • Franz Schubert
    • Symphony No. 4, D. 417
    • Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958
    • Impromptu No. 1, D. 899

References

References

  1. "C Minor Scale".
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