C Minor is one of the most common keys in Bollywood, Punjabi and pop music. Below are the 11songs we've mapped to this key, plus the scale notes, the chords you can play over it, and the Indian classical raga that corresponds to it. Tap any song for its full key, BPM, Camelot and harmonic-mixing breakdown.
The C Minor scale
These are the seven notes of the C Minor scale:
CDD#FGG#A#
Its relative key is D# Major (same notes) and its parallel key is C Major — the natural options when you transpose a song into a more vocal-comfortable register.
Chords in C Minor
The diatonic chord palette — the chords most songs in this key draw from:
| Degree | Chord | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| i | Cm | Minor |
| ii° | Ddim | Diminished |
| III | D# | Major |
| iv | Fm | Minor |
| v | Gm | Minor |
| VI | G# | Major |
| VII | A# | Major |