The works written in C minor sound exquisite and beautiful. C minor for pianists and guitarists refers to the keys of medium difficulty. It has three key signs. The diagram of the quarto-fifth circle will help to deal with them.
A little about parallel keys
Each minor scale corresponds to a parallel major. To determine it, you need to build a minor third up from the first degree of the original minor. Find the "before" key on your keyboard. Remember how the minor third is constructed. This interval consists of one and a half tones and is designated as m3. At the distance of a minor third from the "C" key, there will be an "E-flat" key, that is, the parallel major key to the C-minor key will be E-flat major.
How to use the quarto-fifth circle
To draw a diagram of a quarter-fifth circle, you need to imagine a clock face. Each major key corresponds to a certain number on the clock. For example, at the very top, where the number 12 is usually located, is C major - the key without key signs. A parallel minor key, that is, A minor, is also located here. In the clockwise direction, sharp keys will be located in ascending order of the number of key characters. These are G major and E minor, D major and B minor, A major and F sharp minor, etc. To determine each next key, you need to build up a clean fifth from the tonic, that is, the interval, which is denoted by ch5. If you prefer to count the intervals down, then you need to build a clean fourth, that is, ch4.
Flat keys
Indicate flat keys. To do this, from the sound "C" or "A" build down a clean fifth or up a clean fourth. In either case, you will get the sounds "F" and "D", that is, the next in the number of characters will be F major and parallel D minor. Plotting the fourth down from the sound "F" or "D", you get "B-flat" or "G", that is, a major and a minor with two key characters (B-flat and E-flat). Having built the next fifth down, you will find another pair of keys - E flat major and C minor. That is, both in C minor and in a major parallel to it, with a key, there are three flats: B flat, E flat and A flat.
Pitchfork C Minor
Like other minor scales, C minor comes in three flavors: natural, harmonic, and melodic. In a harmonic minor, the seventh step rises in both the upward and downward direction. That is, instead of the sound "B-flat" you need to take "B". In the melodic minor key, the sixth and seventh steps rise in an ascending direction. A descending melodic minor is played in the same way as a natural minor. Signs indicating an increase in steps are not placed with the key.
C minor triad
Sometimes you need to build a C minor chord right away without learning a scale. Like any minor tonic triad, C minor consists of two thirds - major and minor. The minor is located below, between the first and third steps - an interval of one and a half tones, that is, the middle sound of the triad will be "E flat". By counting two tones from this key, you get the fifth step - the "G" sound.
