A-minor
Tonality lacking accidentals
A-minor is a musical key or chord built on the note A, using the minor scale.
It contains no sharps or flats, making it the relative minor of C major and a natural starting point for learning minor keys.
The chord consists of the notes A, C, and E: She strummed an A-minor on her guitar.
Often written Am in chord notation.
Notes sounded simultaneously
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- relativeConnected by blood
- naturalNot artificially produced
- harmonicOf musical overtones
melodic · tonic · progression · signature · modulation · transposition · parallel · aeolian
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
symphony · fugue · prelude · etude · nocturne · opus · movement · allegro
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- darknessTotal absence of light
tension · drama · pathos · sorrow · yearning · brooding · contemplative · moody
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
harmonic · melodic · tonic · progression · signature · modulation · transposition · parallel · aeolian · mode
Bach
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- BeethovenGerman classical music giant
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
concerto · symphony · fugue · prelude · etude · nocturne · opus · movement · allegro · adagio
sadness
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
darkness · tension · drama · pathos · sorrow · yearning · brooding · contemplative · moody · somber
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
strum · fret · shape · beginner · Am · voicing · campfire · acoustic · capo · tab