C-sharp minor

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C? minor is a minor scale based on C?, with the pitches C?, D?, E, F?, G?, A, and B. Its key signature consists of four sharps. Its relative major is E major. Its parallel major, C? major, is usually replaced by D? major, since C? major, which contains seven sharps, is not normally used. D? minor, its enharmonic, having eight flats, including the B, has a similar problem. (The same enharmonic situation occurs with the keys of A? major and G? minor).

The C? natural minor scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The C? harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

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Classical music in this key

There are only two known symphonies in the 18th century written in this key. One of them is by Joseph Martin Kraus, but he appears to have found the key difficult since he later rewrote it in C minor. Even in the following two centuries, C? minor symphonies remained rare. Two notable examples are the first movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7.

This key occurs more often in piano literature from the 18th century onwards. Domenico Scarlatti wrote just two keyboard sonatas in C? minor, K. 246 and K. 247. But after Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata), the key became more frequent in the piano repertoire. Beethoven himself used this key again in the outer movements of his String Quartet No. 14 (Op. 131, 1826). Even so, Johannes Brahms still felt the need to rewrite his C? minor Piano Quartet in C minor, which was published as Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60.

Frédéric Chopin often wrote in this key: examples include the Fantaisie-Impromptu, Scherzo No. 3 (Op. 39), Waltz Op. 64, No. 2, and Nocturnes No. 7 (Op. 27, No. 1) and No. 20 (Lento con gran espressione). More examples of works in C? minor include Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C? minor (Op. 3, No. 2), Scriabin's Étude in C? minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (Scriabin), Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Schumann's Études in C? minor and Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata in C? minor.

Piano concertos written in C? minor include Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Op. 17, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Piano Concerto, and others by Ferdinand Ries, Xaver Scharwenka, Amy Beach, Miriam Hyde and Issay Dobrowen. Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 2 is in C? minor.

Jules Van Nuffel wrote his psalm setting In convertendo Dominus for choir and organ in C? minor.

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Notable songs

• The Beatles - "Because"
• Birdy - "Skinny Love"
• The Cure - "Lullaby"
• La Bouche - "Be My Lover"
• Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - "Just Dance"
• Selena Gomez - "Love You like a Love Song"
• Linkin Park - "One Step Closer"
• Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter"
• Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
• Maroon 5 - "Maps"
• Men at Work - "Who Can It Be Now?"
• Mr. Mister - the chorus in "Broken Wings"
• Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"
• OneRepublic - "Counting Stars"
• The Police - "Message in a Bottle"
• Smile.dk - "Butterfly"
• Britney Spears - "Oops!... I Did It Again"
• Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
• Train - "Drive By"
• Theory of a Deadman - "So Happy"
• Kanye West - "Love Lockdown"
• Ed Sheeran - "Shape of You"
• Meghan Trainor - "No"
• Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
• Avicii - "Levels"
• Skid Row - "18 and Life"

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References

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External links

• Media related to C-sharp minor at Wikimedia Commons

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