E minor



























E minor
G-major e-minor.svg
Relative key G major
Parallel key E major
Dominant key B minor
Subdominant A minor
Component pitches
E, F♯, G, A, B, C, D

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. Its relative major is G major and its parallel major is E major.


The E natural minor scale is:



{<br /> override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f<br /> relative c' {<br /> clef treble key e minor time 7/4<br /> e4^markup "E natural minor scale" fis g a b c d e d c b a g fis e2<br /> } }<br /> <br />


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:



{<br /> override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f<br /> relative c' {<br /> clef treble key e minor time 7/4<br /> e4^markup "E harmonic minor scale" fis g a b c dis e dis c b a g fis e2<br /> } }<br /> <br />



{<br /> override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f<br /> relative c' {<br /> clef treble key e minor time 7/4<br /> e4^markup "E melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" fis g a b cis dis e d! c! b a g fis e2<br /> } }<br /> <br />


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.



Notable compositions


See also: List of symphonies in E minor




  • Joseph Haydn
    • Symphony No. 44 "Trauer"



  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Violin Sonata No. 21



  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    • String quartet No. 8

    • Piano Sonata No. 27




  • Niccolò Paganini

    • Caprice No. 3

    • Caprice No. 15




  • Felix Mendelssohn
    • Violin Concerto



  • 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"




  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    • Saltarelle Op. 24

    • Prelude Op. 31 No. 24 "Étude de velocite"

    • 12 etudes in all the minor keys, Op. 39 No. 12 "Le festin d'Ésope"




  • Johannes Brahms

    • Symphony No. 4

    • Cello Sonata No. 1




  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    • Symphony No. 5



  • Antonín Dvořák

    • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"


    • Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 72




  • Edvard Grieg
    • Piano Sonata



  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    • Scheherazade



  • Edward Elgar

    • Cello Concerto

    • Sea Pictures

    • String Quartet

    • Violin Sonata




  • Jean Sibelius
    • Symphony No. 1



  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    • Symphony No. 6

    • The Lark Ascending




  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    • Symphony No. 2


    • Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14




  • Maurice Ravel
    • Le tombeau de Couperin



  • Sergei Prokofiev
    • Montagues and Capulets



  • Dmitri Shostakovich

    • Piano Trio No. 2

    • Symphony No. 10






See also



  • Key (music)

  • Major and minor

  • Chord (music)

  • Chord names and symbols (popular music)



External links



  • Media related to E minor at Wikimedia Commons










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Diatonic scales and keys

Circle of fifths











































































Flats
Sharps
Major minor Major minor
0 C a C
a
1 F d G
e
2 B♭ g D
b
3 E♭ c A
f♯
4 A♭ f E
c♯
5 D♭ b♭ B
g♯
6 G♭ e♭ F♯
d♯
7 C♭ a♭ C♯
a♯
8 F♭ d♭ G♯
e♯

The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.



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