E minor
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Relative key | G major |
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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:
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:
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
- Joseph Haydn
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Niccolò Paganini
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Frédéric Chopin
- 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
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Antonín Dvořák
- Edvard Grieg
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Edward Elgar
- Jean Sibelius
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Symphony No. 2
- Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
- Maurice Ravel
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Dmitri Shostakovich
See also
External links
Media related to E minor at Wikimedia Commons
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