A major – Wikipedia

Major key and scale based on the note A

A major (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A major is the only key where the Neapolitan sixth chord on

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 (i.e. the flattened supertonic) requires both a flat and a natural accidental.

The A major scale is :

In the treble, alto, and bass clefs, the G ♯ in the key signature is placed higher than C ♯. However, in the tenor clef, it would require a ledger line and so G ♯ is placed lower than C ♯ .

Although not as rare in the symphonic literature as sharper keys (those containing more than three sharps), symphonies in A major are less common than in keys with fewer sharps such as D major or G major. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 comprise a nearly complete list of symphonies in this key in the Romantic era. Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet are both in A major, along with his 23rd Piano Concerto, and generally Mozart was more likely to use clarinets in A major than in any other key besides E-flat major.[1] Moreover, the climax part of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is also in A major.

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The key of A occurs frequently in chamber music and other music for strings, which favor sharp keys. Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 are both in A major. Johannes Brahms, César Franck, and Gabriel Fauré wrote violin sonatas in A major. In connection to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Peter Cropper said that A major “is the fullest sounding key for the violin.”[2]

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According to Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, A major is a key suitable for ” declarations of innocent love, … hope of seeing one’s beloved again when parting ; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God. ” [ 3 ]For orchestral works in A major, the timpani are typically set to A and E a fifth apart, rather than a fourth apart as for most other keys. Hector Berlioz complained about the custom of his day in which timpani tuned to A and E a fifth apart were notated C and G a fourth apart, a custom which survived as late as the music of Franz Berwald. [ 4 ]

Notable compositions in A major