C minor
Musical scale and key signature
Relative key | E-flat major |
---|---|
Parallel key | C major |
Dominant key | G minor |
Subdominant | F minor |
Component pitches | |
C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭ |
C minor is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E♭ major and its parallel major is C major.
The C natural minor scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The C harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:
Scale degree chords
The scale degree chords of C minor are:
- Tonic – C minor
- Supertonic – D diminished
- Mediant – E-flat major
- Subdominant – F minor
- Dominant – G minor
- Submediant – A-flat major
- Subtonic – B-flat major
Notable compositions
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Prelude Op. 31, No. 16 (Assez lentement)
- Symphony for Solo Piano, 1st movement: Allegro
- Trois grandes études, Op. 76, No. 3 "Mouvement semblable et perpetuel" (Rondo-Toccata) for the hands reunited
- Johannes Sebastian Bach
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
- Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997
- Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011
- The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
- Partita No. 2, BWV 826
- Ludwig van Beethoven (See Beethoven and C minor)
- Piano Sonata No. 5
- Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathétique)
- Piano Concerto No. 3
- Coriolan Overture
- Symphony No. 5
- Choral Fantasy
- Piano Sonata No. 32
- Johannes Brahms
- Symphony No. 1
- String Quartet Op. 51/1
- Piano Trio No. 3
- Piano Quartet No. 3
- Anton Bruckner
- Symphony No. 1
- Symphony No. 2
- Symphony No. 8
- Frédéric Chopin
- Rondo Op. 1
- Piano Sonata No. 1
- Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary)
- Étude Op. 25, No. 12 (Ocean)
- Prélude Op. 28, No. 20 "Funeral March"
- Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
- Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth. (Chopin)
- Mazurka Op. 56, No. 3
- Gabriel Fauré
- Élégie, Op. 24
- Joseph Haydn
- Franz Liszt
- Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd"
- Gustav Mahler
- Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung"
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Piano Trio in C minor, MWV Q3
- Symphony No. 1
- Organ Sonata, Op. 65, No. 2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (417a)
- Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491)
- Maurerische Trauermusik K. 477 (479a)
- Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K. 517
- Adagio and Fugue in C minor. K. 546
- Wind Serenade in C minor. K. 388 (384a)
- Fantasy in C minor for violin and piano, K. 396 (385f)
- Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457
- Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
- Kleiner Trauermarsch, K. 453a
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 44
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Piano Concerto No. 2
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- String Quartet No. 8
- Symphony No. 4
- Symphony No. 8
- Franz Schubert
- Symphony No. 4, D. 417
- Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958
- Impromptu No. 1, D. 899
See also
- Key (music)
- Major and minor
- Chord (music)
- Chord notation
External links
- Media related to C minor at Wikimedia Commons