D minor

Key with sadness

D minor is a musical key based on the note D, using a scale with one flat (B♭).

It has a melancholy, serious character and appears throughout classical and popular music: Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and countless rock songs are in D minor.

On guitar, the D minor chord is among the first beginners learn.

Related

majorOf chief importance
somberGravely serious in mood
hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
tragicCausing great sorrow
scaleMeasure of relative size

dark mood · chord · melancholic · poignant · dramatic · introspective · Beethoven · piano sonata · funeral marches · mysterious · reflective · evocative · tonic · dominant · interval · key signature · requiem · Mozart

Categories

minor keys
musical keysC major, D major, E major, F major, G major
chordsG chord, A major, B major, C major, D major
music theorynote, notes, chord, chords, harmony
D wordsdelta, D major, D flat, D sharp, D grade
flat keysB flat major, E flat major, B flat, E flat, D flat

Opposites

musical mode/quality

D minorD major

Key with F-sharp, C-sharp

major keys · major key

relative key relationship

D minorD major

Key with F-sharp, C-sharp

F major · C major · G major · A major · B-flat major

Family

minor, minority, minus, minuscule, minute, diminish, diminution, diminutive, minister

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