A minor
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:
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|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
- *B. 150 (Chopin)|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
- *D 537 (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
- * Fantasia for Solo Flute No. 2
- * Fantasia for Solo Violin No. 12
- 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