E major
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| Relative key | C# minor | |
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| Parallel key | E minor | |
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| E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E | ||
- Also see: E minor, or E flat major.
E major is a major scale based on E, with the pitches E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A, B, C-sharp, D-sharp and E. Its key signature has four sharps (see below: Scales and keys).
Its relative minor is C-sharp minor, and its parallel minor is E minor.
Only two of Haydn's 104 symphonies are in E major, No. 12 and No. 29. Even in the 19th Century, symphonies in this key were rare, with Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 being one of very few examples. "The key of E major is frequently associated with music of contemplation."[1]
Two symphonies that begin in D minor and end in E major are Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony and Nielsen's Symphony No. 4 in D minor.
Also, E major is the key for the final movements of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10.
Johann Sebastian Bach composed a violin concerto in this key, Violin Concerto in E major.
Though it is a difficult key for wind instruments, it is acceptable for orchestral strings, and quite suitable for the guitar. If available, clarinets in A should be used instead of clarinets in B-flat; the A clarinets would be written in G major, while the B-flats would be written in F-sharp or G-flat major.
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Well-known contemporary music in this key
- 99 Luftballoons - Nena
- All I Have to Do is Dream - Everly Brothers
- All My Loving - The Beatles
- Back in Black - AC/DC
- Black Or White - Michael Jackson
- Candle In The Wind - Elton John
- Cry - Godley and Creme
- Day Tripper - The Beatles
Devoted To You - Everly Brothers- Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan
- Exciteable Boy - Warren Zevon
- Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
- Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
- Hampster Dance
- Heart of Glass - Blondie
- Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
- Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis and the News
- I Can See for Miles - The Who (also in A major)
- I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
- (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
- Just What I Needed - The Cars
- Lovely Day - Bill Withers
- Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper - Dream Theater
- My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
- Please Please Me - The Beatles
- Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop
- Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
- Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
- Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
- Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes -
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- This Is Your Life - Switchfoot
- Tiny Toon Adventures theme
- The Twist - Chubby Checker
- Trapped in the Closet - R. Kelly
- Vertigo -
U2 - Wake Up - Hilary Duff
- Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
- Where'd You Go - Fort Minor
- Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
- Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
References
- ^ Philip Barford, Bruckner Symphonies Seattle: University of Washington Press (1978): 52
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External links
- E Major - Free E Major Scale Print Out with Arpeggios and Broken Chords for Piano with Fingering
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