a flat minor

a flat minor
Chord symbol (s) :	as, Asm, a ♭ , A ♭ m, A ♭ m
Parallel Tone :	Ces
Dominant :	E flat major / E flat minor
Subdominant :	d flat minor
Natural minor scale :	as - b ^ ces - des - es ^ fes - ges - as
Harmonic minor scale:	as - b ^ ces - des - es ^ fes - g ^ as
Melodic minor scale:	as - b ^ ces - des - es - f - g ^ as as - ges - fes ^ es - des - ces ^ b - as

A flat minor is a key of the musical scale minor based on the fundamental building as. The key is A flat minor in musical notation with seven ♭ written (b, it, as, of, ges, ces, fes). The corresponding scale and the basic chord of this key (the tonic a -ces-es) are also referred to by the term a-flat minor.

Works in A flat minor

Because of the seven accidentals (they could be represented more easily with G sharp minor - if you reinterpret them  enharmonically ) this key is not used very often. There are, however, the following significant examples:

• Funeral march (Marcia Funebre) from the piano sonata No. 12 in A flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Fugue in A minor for organ WoO 8 by Johannes Brahms
• 3rd movement of the string quintet op. 97 by Antonín Dvořák

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Works in A flat minor

Classification of the key

Keys and their accidentals

Sign :	7 ♭ + fes	6 ♭ + ces	5 ♭ + total	4 ♭ + des	3 ♭ + as	2 ♭ + es	1 ♭ b	0 ♭ / ♯	1 ♯ f sharp	2 ♯ + c sharp	3 ♯ + g sharp	4 ♯ + dis	5 ♯ + ais	6 ♯ + ice	7 ♯ + his
Major keys:	Ces	Ges	Of	As	It	B.	F.	C.	G	D.	A.	E.	H	F sharp	Cis
Minor keys:	as	it	b	f	c	G	d	a	e	H	f sharp	cis	g sharp	dis	ais