E flat minor

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E♭ minor
Image:G-flat_Major_key_signature.png
Relative key G♭ major
Parallel key E♭ major
Component pitches
E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭

E flat minor is a minor scale based on E flat, consisting of the pitches E flat, F, G flat, A flat, B flat, C flat, D flat, and E flat (natural minor scale – the harmonic minor scale contains a D instead of a D flat). Its key signature consists of six flats.

Its relative key is G flat major, and its parallel major is E flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent is D sharp minor.

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

One of the few symphonies written in this key is Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6. A few other less well-known Soviet composers also wrote symphonies in this key, such as Eshpai, Janis Ivanovs (fourth symphony Atlantis, 1941), Ovchinnikov and Myaskovsky.

The second movement to Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony has an extended orchestral and choral introduction in E flat minor.

In both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude No. 8 is written in E flat minor while the following Fugue is written in D sharp minor.

[edit] Well-known classical compositions in this key

[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key


Diatonic Scales and Keys
Circle of fifths
Flats Sharps
Major minor Major minor
0 C (Major), a (minor)
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♯
lower case letters are minor

the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale

[edit] References

  • A. Morris, "Symphonies, Numbers And Keys" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, III.3, 2006


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