C minor

American  

[see mahy-ner] / ˈsi ˈmaɪ nər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has C as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having three flats.

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C minor

This is already such sad, painful music, cast in C minor, but the temptation must be to pour even more emotion into it.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2020

Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor is performed.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2019

It’s a masterpiece of minimalism, a chart-topping, gold-selling, Grammy-winning single based entirely around a single C minor chord.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018

He turns to face the images projected around him, details of larger paintings that in close-up become three-dimensional explosions of color, as the ensemble performs Fauré’s ravishing Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2017

For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones