E in A minor
In A minor, E is E (natural)
In A minor, E is E (natural)The key signature of A minor does not alter E, so it stays natural.
Is E sharp or flat in A minor?
In A minor, E is natural: the key has no sharps or flats at all, so you play the plain E unless a written accidental says otherwise.
A minor is the one minor key written with no sharps and no flats, so every letter — E included — is played natural.
Spelled from the tonic, the A minor scale runs A, B, C, D, E, F, G — one of each letter, each carrying whatever the signature gives it. The staff above draws the A minor signature and the note E inside it — exactly as you would meet it in a piece written in this key.
Every letter in A minor
A minor has no sharps or flats. That fixes what each of the seven letters is called in this key:
- C is C (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- D is D (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- E is E (natural — the signature leaves it alone) — the letter on this page
- F is F (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- G is G (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- A is A (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- B is B (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
Related keys
A minor shares its signature with its relative C major — the same sharps or flats, so E is natural there too.
Frequently asked questions
- Is E sharp or flat in A minor?
- No. A minor has no sharps or flats at all, so E is natural in this key.
- What accidental does E carry in A minor?
- E stays natural. A minor is the one minor key written with no sharps and no flats, so every letter — E included — is played natural.
- What sharps or flats are in A minor?
- A minor has no sharps or flats at all.
- How is the A minor scale spelled?
- From the tonic up: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Each letter appears once, carrying whatever the key signature gives it.