C minor


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:
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:

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
  • *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
  • *Piano Sonata No. 5
  • *Piano Sonata No. 8
  • *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
  • *Étude Op. 25, No. 12
  • *Prélude Op. 28, No. 20 "Funeral March"
  • *Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
  • *Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.
  • *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
  • *Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491)
  • *Maurerische Trauermusik K. 477
  • *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
  • *Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396
  • *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
  • 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