Its relative major 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).
Whereas traditionally key signatures were cancelled whenever the new key signature had fewer sharps or flats than the old key signature, in modern popular and commercial music, cancellation is only done when C major or A minor replaces another key.
Well-known classical compositions in this key
- Bagatelle in A minor "Für Elise" - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Robert Schumann
- Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Edvard Grieg
- Caprice No. 24 (Paganini) - Niccolo Paganini
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - Johannes Brahms
- Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninoff
See also: List of symphonies in A minor
Well-known contemporary music in this key
- Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
- Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
- Devil's Party - INXS
- Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
- Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
- Don't Tell Me - Madonna
- Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
- Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
- Love Is the Drug - Roxy Music
- Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
- Money, Money, Money - ABBA (also in B-flat minor)
- Another Sad Love Song - Toni Braxton (also in B-flat minor)
- Who's Crying Now - Journey
- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Tribute - Tenacious D
References
Scales and keys
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Its relative major 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).
Whereas traditionally key signatures were cancelled whenever the new key signature had fewer sharps or flats than the old key signature, in modern popular and commercial music, cancellation is only done when C major or A minor replaces another key.
Well-known classical compositions in this key
- Bagatelle in A minor "Für Elise" - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Robert Schumann
- Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Edvard Grieg
- Caprice No. 24 (Paganini) - Niccolo Paganini
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 - Johannes Brahms
- Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - Sergei Rachmaninoff
See also: List of symphonies in A minor
Well-known contemporary music in this key
- Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
- Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
- Devil's Party - INXS
- Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
- Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
- Don't Tell Me - Madonna
- Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
- Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
- Love Is the Drug - Roxy Music
- Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
- Money, Money, Money - ABBA (also in B-flat minor)
- Another Sad Love Song - Toni Braxton (also in B-flat minor)
- Who's Crying Now - Journey
- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Tribute - Tenacious D
References
Scales and keys
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