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When a piece of music is in a major key, the relative minor means the minor key which has the same key signature. It can be found by taking the sixth note of the first scale and playing a minor scale starting on that note. For example: in C major the sixth note is an A. Therefore A minor is the relative minor of C major (C major and A minor share the same key signature: no sharps or flats). C major is called the relative major of A minor.
A complete list of relative minor/major pairs in order of the circle of fifths is:
| Key signature |
Major key |
Minor key |
B , E, A, D, G, C,F |
C flat major |
A flat minor |
| B, E, A, D, G, C |
G flat major |
E flat minor |
| B, E, A, D, G |
D flat major |
B flat minor |
| B, E, A, D |
A flat major |
F minor |
| B, E, A |
E flat major |
C minor |
| B, E |
B flat major |
G minor |
| B |
F major |
D minor |
|
C major |
A minor |
F |
G major |
E minor |
| F, C |
D major |
B minor |
| F, C, G |
A major |
F sharp minor |
| F, C, G, D |
E major |
C sharp minor |
| F, C, G, D, A |
B major |
G sharp minor |
| F, C, G, D, A, E |
F sharp major |
D sharp minor |
| F, C, G, D, A, E,B |
C sharp major |
A sharp minor |
