E minor

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E minor is a key of Tongeschlechts minor, based on the root e. The key of E minor written in notation with a cross ( F sharp ). The corresponding scale and the basic chord in this key ( the tonic egh ) are designated by the term E minor.

Links the sign of E minor, the right of the basic chord on a piano.

Frequently, this key is said a plaintive, sad, mystical character, but cf the product key character. In the guitar-based rock music ( as blues, punk music or heavy metal ) is in E minor for purely practical reasons, the most represented Key: The basic tuning of the guitar is on E, and it requires only minimal finger technique to a round -sounding basic chord e to play minor. In classical music, however, the key is almost never used. So it is with Beethoven, only the second movement of the E major Sonata Op.14 / 1 in the String Quartet Op. 59/2 and Sonata in E minor, Op. 90, but finds a major conclusion.

Classification of the key

  • Key
Chord names and symbols (popular music) Relative key Dominant (music) Major and minor Root (chord) Sharp (music) Tonic (music) C-flat major G-flat major D-flat major A-flat major B-flat major F major C major G major B major F-sharp major C-sharp major A-flat minor E-flat minor B-flat minor A minor F-sharp minor C-sharp minor G-sharp minor D-sharp minor A-sharp minor
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