A minor Totally Explained

Everything about A Minor totally explained

A minor (abbreviated Am) is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The harmonic minor scale raises the G to G. Its key signature has no flats or sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
   Its relative key 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 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

Devil's Party - INXS

Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics

Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

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 DFurther Information

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