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Major/minor compositions are musical compositions that begin in a major key and end in a minor key (generally the parallel minor), specifying the keynote (as C major/minor). This is a very unusual form in tonal music, [1] [2] although examples became more common in the nineteenth century. [3]
The title page of the first book of J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which covers all 24 major and minor keys.. There is a long tradition in classical music of writing music in sets of pieces that cover all the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.
Pages in category "Compositions covering all major and/or minor keys" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Major and minor third in a major chord: major third 'M' on bottom, minor third 'm' on top. Major and minor may also refer to scales and chords that contain a major third or a minor third, respectively. A major scale is a scale in which the third scale degree (the mediant) is a major third above the tonic note.
In the Classical period, C major was the key most often chosen for symphonies with trumpets and timpani. Even in the Romantic period, with its greater use of minor keys and the ability to use trumpets and timpani in any key, C major remained a very popular choice of key for a symphony. The following list includes only the most famous examples.
Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784 (Schubert) Piano Sonata in A minor, D 845 (Schubert) Piano Sonata No. 2 (Szymanowski) Piano Sonata No. 3 (Prokofiev) Piano Sonata No. 8 (Mozart) Piano Trio (Ravel) Piano Trio (Tchaikovsky) Piano Trio in A minor (Hill) Piano Trio in A minor (Sibelius) Pomp and Circumstance Marches; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Music written in all major or minor keys; 0–9. 1F (music) 1S (music) 2F (music) 2S (music) 3F (music) 3S (music) 4F (music) 4S (music) 5F (music) 5S (music) 6F (music)
The key may be in the major or minor mode, though musicians assume major when this is not specified; for example "This piece is in C" implies that the key of the piece is C major. Popular songs and classical music from the common practice period are usually in one key. Longer pieces in the classical repertoire may have sections in contrasting ...