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C minor
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C minor (abbreviated c or Cm) is a minor scale based

on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and
C minor
B. The harmonic minor raises the B to B. Changes
needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the
scale are written in with naturals and accidentals as
necessary.

Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative

major is E-flat major, and its parallel major is C major.

Contents
Relative key E major
1 Usage Parallel key C major
2 Notable compositions
3 See also Dominant key G minor
4 External links Subdominant F minor
Component pitches
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
Usage
In the Baroque period, music in C minor was usually
written with a two-flat key signature, and some
Ascending and descending C natural minor
modern editions of that repertoire retain that
scale.
convention.

Of the two piano concertos that Mozart wrote in a

minor key, one of them (No. 24, K. 491) is in C
minor. C minor melodic scale listen }
C minor has been associated with heroic struggle
since Beethoven's time. Beethoven wrote some of his
most characteristic works in the key of C minor,
including the Symphony No. 5 and no fewer than C harmonic minor scale ascending and
three piano sonatas. (See Beethoven and C minor.) descending. Play

Brahms's first symphony and first string quartet were

composed in C minor; these were both genres with which Beethoven was closely associated during
Brahms's lifetime.

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Three of Anton Bruckner's ten numbered symphonies are in C minor, as are two of Dmitri
Shostakovich's symphonies.

Notable compositions
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 Bach
Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 Bach
The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Bach
Great Mass in C minor Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathtique) Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven
Symphony No. 5, Beethoven
Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 (1808) Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 32 Beethoven
Piano sonata No. 1 Chopin
tude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Chopin
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 Chopin
Rondo Op. 1 Chopin
Prlude Op. 28/20 Chopin
Symphony No. 1 Brahms
String quartet op. 51/1 Brahms
Piano trio No. 3 Brahms
Piano quartet No. 3 Brahms
Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) Saint-Sans
Symphony No. 1 Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 Bruckner
Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung" Mahler
String quartet No. 8 Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4 Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 Shostakovich

See also
Key (music)
Major and minor
Chord (music)
Chord names and symbols (popular music)

External links

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