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C minor (abbreviated c or Cm) is a minor scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. The harmonic minor raises the B♭ to B♮. Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with naturals and accidentals as necessary.
Its key signature consists of three flats. Its relative major is E-flat major, and its parallel major is C major.
In the Baroque period, music in C minor was usually written with a two-flat key signature, and some modern editions of that repertoire retain that convention.
Of the two piano concertos that Mozart wrote in a minor key, one of them (No. 24, K. 491) is in C minor.
C minor has been associated with heroic struggle since Beethoven's time. Beethoven wrote some of his most characteristic works in the key of C minor, including the Symphony No. 5 and no fewer than three piano sonatas. (See Beethoven and C minor.)
Brahms's first symphony and first string quartet were composed in C minor; these were both genres with which Beethoven was closely associated during Brahms's lifetime.
Now I know
Where you go,
What you do,
When you're away from me
Who he is,
What's his name,
Where he lives,
All your aims
But no longer
Will I play
Your foolish games
You took my heart
And you tore it into too many pieces
But I've put it all together again
There's a fire down in me
That burns, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you
Without you
(piano solo)
I gave you the stars
I gave you the moon and my heart
But you take them all and threw them all away
I don't want you, I don't need you
I will survive
I've got strength enough down inside for two
When you leave, when you leave
Just look the other way
I won't waste my breath my tears
There's nothing to say
There's a fire down in me
That burns, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you
Without you
(violin solo)
Just go, just go, just go
There's a fire down in me
That's burning, oh, so bright
With the longing, with the yearning to be free
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't waste my tears
I'll get by
I'll survive
Without you