Relative Key To A Minor

Minor musical scale based on the annotation A

A minor
${ \new Staff \with{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 } << \time 2/16 \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f { \clef treble \key a \minor s16 \clef bass \key a \minor s16 } >> }$
Component pitches
Relative key	C major
Parallel key	A major
Dominant key	E minor
Subdominant	D small-scale
A, B, C, D, E, F, G

A minor is a pocket-sized calibration based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and K. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.

The A natural minor calibration is:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4 a4 b c d e f g a g f e d c b a2 } }$

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the calibration are written in with accidentals as necessary. The A harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4 a4^\markup "A harmonic minor scale" b c d e f gis a gis f e d c b a2 } }$

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c'' { \clef treble \key a \minor \tempo 4 = 360 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \time 7/4 a4^\markup "A melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" b c d e fis gis a g! f! e d c b a2 } }$

Well-known compositions in A minor [edit]

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Violin Concerto in A pocket-sized, BWV 1041
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Sonata No. iv, Op. 23
- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132
- Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise"
Johannes Brahms
- Double Concerto, Op. 102
Frédéric Chopin
- Étude Op. ten, No. 2
- Étude Op. 25, No. 4
- Étude Op. 25, No. eleven, Winter Wind
- Mazurka Op. 17, No. iv
- Mazurka Op. 59, No. 1
- Boléro, Op. 19
- Prelude No. ii in A modest, Op. 28/2
- Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, B. 150
Franz Liszt
- Transcendental Étude No. 2, Fusées
Edvard Grieg
- Piano Concerto, Op. xvi
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 85
Gustav Mahler
- Symphony No. vi
- Piano Quartet
Felix Mendelssohn
- Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
- Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Franz Schubert
- Piano Sonata, D 537
- Piano Sonata, D 784
- Piano Sonata, D 845
- Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Clara Schumann
- Pianoforte Concerto, Op. 7
Robert Schumann
- Violin Sonata No. one, Op. 105
- Piano Concerto, Op. 54
- Cello Concerto, Op. 129
Niccolò Paganini
- Caprice No. 24
Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 63
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Oboe Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 99