
The piece, like many pieces in this key, is dark and funereal, being based on the Dies irae chant. The final piece in Brahms' Klavierstücke, Op. The "Introduction" to his oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives is also in this key, but with the full six-flat signature. 20 by adding accidentals while bearing the key signature of E-flat major (three flats). īeethoven applied E-flat minor to the slow introduction in the sixth (last) movement of his Septet Op. XV.31 in two movements, composed in 1794/95, one of the "London Trios", is in E-flat minor. In Book 2, both movements are in D-sharp minor. 8 is written in E-flat minor while the following fugue is written in D-sharp minor. In Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach, Prelude No. In the 24 canonic keys, most of the composers preferred E-flat minor, while Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Lyapunov, and Manuel Ponce preferred D-sharp minor.

This royalty-free extract was recorded by Luke Faulkner ( Source, license Public Domain Mark 1.See also: List of symphonies in E-flat minor 1 written by Frédéric Chopin is xomposed in C minor : Here are some works by famous composers composed in C minor: Nocturne in C minor, Op. You can find C minor on the circle of fifths and its key signature, relative major key and closely related keys : The leading Tone of C minor is B, because B is the degree VII and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic, or an half step (semitone ) lower than the tonic).

The relative major key of C minor is E flat Major and below if the E flat Major scale : The note names of C descending melodic minor scale are : C B♭ A♭ G F E♭ D The note names of C ascending melodic minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♮ B♮ The note names of C harmonic minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♭ B♮ The note names of C natural minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ Here are all C minor scales: C natural minor scale There are four different kinds of minor scales and here are all C minor scales: The key signature of C minor scale has three flats (3♭) because its relative major key is E flat Major scale.
