C minor

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

 * 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
 * Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20
 * Franz Liszt
 * Transcendental Étude No. 8 "Wilde Jagd"
 * Gustav Mahler
 * Symphony No. 2 "Auferstehung"
 * Felix Mendelssohn
 * 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