A minor is the first minor key most people learn: no sharps, no flats, the white keys of the piano starting on A. Its chords are Am, B°, C, Dm, Em, F and G, and almost every song in it swaps the weak Em for a major E when it wants to come home. Its relative major is C major, which shares every note, and its parallel, A major, shares the root. On guitar it is the home of open chords, which is why so many folk, rock and bedroom-pop songs sit here.
The chords of A minor
Seven chords, one on each note of the scale, all on the white keys. Songs in A minor often borrow E, the major V, for a stronger pull home.
Am is sounding: A, C and E.
A minor
C major
Make your own in A minor
The generator, set to A minor. Lock the chords you like, generate the rest, then download it as MIDI.
Chord names with spaces, up to 16.
More in and around A minor
- A minor: scale, chords and key signature
- C major chord progressions, its relative major
- A major chord progressions, its parallel major
- Sad chord progressions
- Minor chord progressions
- The Andalusian cadence
- The minor ii–V–i
- Move these chords to another key: the chord transposer
- Which key is your song in? The key finder
Piano sounds by the Salamander Grand Piano (Alexander Holm), CC BY 3.0.
