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1 Scale degree chords  





2 Notable compositions  





3 See also  





4 References  





5 External links  














E minor






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E minor
{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key e \minor s16 \clef F \key e \minor s^"" }
Relative keyG major
Parallel keyE major
Dominant keyB minor
SubdominantA 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 majorisG major and its parallel majorisE major.[1]


The E natural minor scale is:

 {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
  \key e \minor \time 7/4 e^"E natural minor scale" fis g a b c d e d c b a g fis e2 \clef F \key e \minor
} }

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:

 {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
  \key e \minor \time 7/4 e^"E harmonic minor scale" fis g a b c dis e dis c b a g fis e2
} }
 {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
  \key e \minor \time 7/4 e^"E melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" fis g a b cis dis e d? c? b a g fis e2
} }

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.

Scale degree chords[edit]

Notable compositions[edit]

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Franz Danzi
  • Gaetano Donizetti
    • String Quartet No. 18
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Edward Elgar
  • Louise Farrenc
    • Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 45
  • Edvard Grieg
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Ignaz Holzbauer
    • Flute Concerto in E minor
  • Margaret Ruthven Lang
    • Rhapsody in E minor, Op. 24
  • Karol Lipiński
    • Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 24
  • Franz Liszt
    • Malédiction, S. 121
  • Felix Mendelssohn
  • Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
    • Rondo for Flute and Piano
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Pietro Nardini
    • Sonata No. 6 for two violins and bass
  • Niccolò Paganini
  • Sergei Prokofiev
  • Franz Schubert
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Bedřich Smetana
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Carl Maria von Weber
  • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Notation" BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  • ^ "Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo by Antonín Dvořák" BBC. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  • External links[edit]


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