E minor

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minor key musical key

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Down on the Street → hasMusicalKey → E minor ⓘ
Horseshoes and Handgrenades → hasMusicalKey → E minor ⓘ
Very Ape → hasMusicalKey → E minor ⓘ