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E minor

Minor scale based on E

Summary

Minor scale based on E

Field	Value
name	E minor
{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key e \minor s16 \clef F \key e \minor s^"" }
relative	G major
parallel	E major
dominant	B minor
subdominant	A minor
first_pitch	E
second_pitch	F
third_pitch	G
fourth_pitch	A
fifth_pitch	B
sixth_pitch	C
seventh_pitch	D

{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key e \minor s16 \clef F \key e \minor s^"" } 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.

The E natural minor scale is:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key e \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature e^"E natural minor scale" fis g a b c d e d c b a g fis e2 \clef F \key e \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key e \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature e^"E harmonic minor scale" fis g a b c dis e dis! c b a g fis e2 \clef F \key e \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key e \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature e^"E melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" fis g a b cis dis e d? c? b a g fis e2 \clef F \key e \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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)
- 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)
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

References

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z6ch8xs/revision/4 "Notation"] ''BBC Bitesize''. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170917075459/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3VvpyGscqK0djZbfTvjSQRH/symphony-no-9-in-e-minor-from-the-new-world-largo-by-antonin-dvo-ak "Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo by Antonín Dvořák"] ''BBC''. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

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