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All of the songs in [[Alicia Keys]]'s album ''[[Songs in A minor]]'' are actually in A minor. |
All of the songs in [[Alicia Keys]]'s album ''[[Songs in A minor]]'' are actually in A minor. |
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[[Johann Joachim Quantz]] considered A minor, along with [[C minor]], much more suitable for expressing "the sad affect" than other minor keys (''Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen''). |
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A minor is a minor scale based on A, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, G# and A (harmonic minor scale). Its key signature consists no flats and no sharps.
File:C Major key signature.png
Its relative key is C major, and its parallel major is A major.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.
All of the songs in Alicia Keys's album Songs in A minor are actually in A minor.
Johann Joachim Quantz considered A minor, along with C minor, much more suitable for expressing "the sad affect" than other minor keys (Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen).
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