E major facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
E major

Relative key	C♯minor
Parallel key	E minor
Notes in this scale
E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯, E

Also see: E minor, or E-flat major.

E major is a major scale with a base note of E. Its key signature has four sharps. Its relative minor is C-sharp minor.

E major is hard for wind instruments to play. It is quite good for violin, because two of the open strings are A and E, the tonic and subdominant. Other orchestral string instruments can play well in it, and it is also good for the guitar. When writing in E major, clarinets in A should be used instead of clarinets in B-flat to make it easier to play. This is because clarinets are transposing instruments.

Symphonies in E major are quite rare, but the key is often used for concertos. One of them is Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Ascending and descending E-major scale.

The bells of the Clock Tower in London's Palace of Westminster are tuned to the key of E major.

Diatonic Scales and Keys
	Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 C, a 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c♯ 5 D♭ b♭ B g♯ 6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯ 7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯ 8 F♭ d♭ G♯ e♯
The table shows the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.

See also

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