E minor

Noun

Meaning

(music) a minor key with the notes E, F♯, G, A, B, C, and D

(music) the minor chord with a root of E

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Schoenberg also wrote tonal music in this period with the Suite for Strings in G major (1935), and the Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 38 (begun in 1906, completed in 1939). Source: Internet

And you will not hear them playing Mendelssohn’s concerto in E minor on the violin. Source: Internet

The strings softly take over the music in E minor, and the same poem is recited again, this time actually as a love poem from Akhnaten to Nefertiti. Source: Internet

Thus G major (E minor) has one sharp which is on the F; then D major (B minor) has two sharps (on F and C) and so on. Source: Internet

For example, since the key signature of G-major has one sharp (see major scales for how to find this), its relative minor, E minor, also has one sharp in its key signature. Source: Internet

Of these, the E minor symphony, Wq. 178, has been particularly popular. Source: Internet

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