E Minor Cheat Sheet

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The E Minor Scale

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Key Signature

Key signature of E Minor showing 1 sharp (F#)

Relative Keys

The relative keys of E Minor are:

About The Key Of E Minor

The key of E Minor has a key signature of 1 sharp (F#). The E Minor scale has the notes E, F#, G, A, B, C, and D. It is the 2nd most popular key among Minor keys and the 8th most popular among all keys. Minor keys, along with major keys, are a common choice for popular music. The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all minor chords (E minor, A minor, and B minor). For chord progressions, statistics, and tendencies, view this key in Hooktheory Trends

The 20 Most Popular Chords In E Minor

According to the TheoryTab database, songs in E Minor draw almost entirely from the following 20 chords. Click on a chord below to show it on the piano and hear how it sounds.

Songs In The Key Of E Minor

Click on the following songs in E Minor to see their chords and melody in the TheoryTab database.

Human
by Krewella
Nights In White Satin
by The Moody Blues
Heart of the Sunrise
by Yes
If i had you
by Adam Lambert
Prom Queen
by Lil Wayne
Born to Die
by Lana Del Rey
Flying Robots
by schmoyoho
Duel Of The Fates
by John Williams
Battery
by Metallica
Living On A Prayer
by Bon Jovi
Let's Go
by Calvin Harris
Nothing Else Matters
by Metallica
The Chain
by Fleetwood Mac
Can't Hold Us
by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Hurt
by Christina Aguilera
People Are Strange
by The Doors
Europa
by Globus
The Way It Was
by Wolfgang Gartner
Welcome to the Machine
by Pink Floyd
Space Dementia
by Muse
All The Things You Are
by Jerome Kern
Mockingbird
by Eminem
Blood Brothers
by Iron Maiden
Kirby Air Ride - Sky Sands
by Nintendo
Queen
by Scandal
Piano Sonata No 14 ''Moonlight'' 1st Movement
by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Party Shaker
by RIO feat Nicco
Happiness is a Warm Gun
by The Beatles
Ride With Me
by Nelly
Come As You Are
by Nirvana
Alone
by Sistar
Grace
by Jeff Buckley
Cubic
by Tom Fall
Razor Sharp
by Pegboard Nerds and Tristam
Bring Me To Life
by Evanescence
Scandal
by Queen
Rock Your Body
by Justin Timberlake
Major Tom - Voellig Losgeloest
by Peter Schilling
Reckoner
by Radiohead
Moon Trance
by Lindsey Stirling
Enter Sandman
by Metallica
Halloween
by Helloween
Suffer
by Knife Party
We'll Be Coming Back
by Calvin Harris
Zombie
by The Cranberries
Seven Nation Army
by The White Stripes
Lucky
by Radiohead
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Battle Belt Galaxy
by Nintendo
The Court of the Crimson King
by King Crimson
Red Zone
by Tatsh NAOKI
Silver Scrapes
by Danny McCarthy
Into The Great Wide Open
by Tom Petty
All We've Got
by The Begging Sea
I'm Not Alone
by Calvin Harris
Live Forever
by Oasis
Rocketeer
by Far East Movement
Chrono Trigger - Main Theme
by Yasunori Mitsuda
T-Rex
by Mike Candys
Black
by Pearl Jam
OMG
by Usher
No Return
by God is an Astronaut
I Love Rock n Roll
by Joan Jett
Eleanor Rigby
by The Beatles
Hey You
by Pink Floyd
Again and Again
by Basto
Self Destruct
by Pegboard Nerds
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Berlin
by ThePianoGuys
Comptine d'un autre ete L'apres midi
by Yann Tiersen
Ahora Quien
by Marc Anthony
A Little Bit Of Love
by Brenda Russell
You Taste Like Cherry
by Anoraak
New Born
by Muse

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of E Minor

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