A minor
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| Relative key | C major | |
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| Parallel key | A major | |
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| A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A | ||
A minor (abbreviated Am) is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, G and A (natural minor scale - the harmonic minor scale contains a G♯ instead of a G natural). Its key signature contains no flats or sharps.
Its relative key is C major, and its parallel major is A major.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.
Johann Joachim Quantz considered A minor, along with C minor, much more suitable for expressing "the sad effect" than other minor keys (Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen).
[edit] Well known classical pieces in this key
- Invention No. 13 - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Für Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Scottish Symphony - Felix Mendelssohn
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - Camille Saint-Saëns
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Piano Concerto - Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto - Robert Schumann
- Symphony No. 6 - Gustav Mahler
- Classical Gas - Mason Williams
[edit] Well known songs in this key
- House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
- Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
- Anthem for the Year 2000 - Silverchair
- Amazing - Aerosmith
- Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
- Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm (originally by Michael Jackson)
- Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (also in C major)
- Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
- 10,000 Days(song) - Tool
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
- Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
- Bad Habit - The Offspring
- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
- Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana
- Lover I don't have to Love - Bright Eyes
- Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
- Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
- U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
- She's Not There - The Zombies
- Hello - Lionel Richie
- Cab Driver - Daryl Hall
- The Look of Love - ABC
- Mortal Kombat Theme - from Mortal Kombat
[edit] Trivia
- Only one song in Alicia Keys's album Songs in A minor, "Jane Doe," is actually in A minor.
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