E minor

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E minor is a natural minor musical key centered on the note E, commonly used in Western music for its dark yet expressive character.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf minor key
musical key
circleOfFifthsPosition relative of G major
commonInstrumentRepertoire guitar
piano
violin
commonlyAssociatedEmotion introspective
melancholy
tragic
dominantKey B minor
dominantTriad B–D–F♯
enharmonicEquivalent D♯ minor
harmonicMinorRaisedDegree D♯
hasHarmonicMinorVariant E harmonic minor
hasMelodicMinorVariant E melodic minor NERFINISHED
keySignature one sharp
keySignatureAccidental F♯
leadingToneTriad D–F♯–A
mediantTriad G–B–D
melodicMinorAscendingDegrees C♯
D♯
mode natural minor
parallelMajor E major
relativeKeyOf G major
relativeMajor G major
scaleDegree1 E
scaleDegree2 F♯
scaleDegree3 G
scaleDegree4 A
scaleDegree5 B
scaleDegree6 C
scaleDegree7 D
subdominantKey A minor
subdominantTriad A–C–E
submediantTriad C–E–G
supertonicTriad F♯–A–C
tonicNote E
tonicTriad E–G–B
typicalCharacter dark
expressive
usedByComposer Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED
Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED
Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED
usedInGenre classical music
film music
folk music
rock music

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