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In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. For example, G major and E minor both have a single sharp in their key signature at F♯; so we say that E minor is the relative minor of G major. The relative minor of a major key always has a tonic a minor third lower. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...
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| Key signature | Major key | Minor key | | B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭ | C flat major | A flat minor | | B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭ | G flat major | E flat minor | | B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ | D flat major | B flat minor | | B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ | A flat major | F minor | | B♭, E♭, A♭ | E flat major | C minor | | B♭, E♭ | B flat major | G minor | | B♭ | F major | D minor | | C major | A minor | | F♯ | G major | E minor | | F♯, C♯ | D major | B minor | | F♯, C♯, G♯ | A major | F sharp minor | | F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯ | E major | C sharp minor | | F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯ | B major | G sharp minor | | F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯ | F sharp major | D sharp minor | | F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯ | C sharp major | A sharp minor | Together with moves to the dominant (fifth scale degree) or sub-dominant (fourth scale degree), modulations to the relative minor or major are the most common in tonal music In music, modulation is most commonly the act or process of changing from one key (tonic, or tonal center) to another. ...
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Finding the relative major or minor
To find the relative minor of a particular key go down a minor third (or 3 half steps) from the tonic of the major key. Example: If your major key is C major, going down a minor third from the note C will land you on note A. So, A minor is the relative minor of C major. Or instead of going down a minor third you can go up a sixth, or say it is the sixth note in the Major scale
To find the relative major of a particular key go up a minor third (or 3 half steps) from the tonic of the minor key. Example: If your minor key is E minor, going up a minor third from the note E will land you on note G. So, G major is the relative major of E minor.
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