In the theory of music, the two tunes or tones in major and minor with the same drawing are called parallel tunes or of parallel tones. The ground tones of both parallel tines are spaced apart.
Thus, Es major and c are minor parallel tones, because they each have three moles each. Their ground tones, respectively, Es and C, are a small piece apart. When all parallel tones are grouped as pairs and arranged according to increasing number of characters, they form the quintessential circle:
Until the 18th century, the precursors of doric mode could also be used for the minor toons. An example of this is the Matthäus-Passion, Nr. 26, (BWV 244) by Johann Sebastian Bach, who is in c minor and only has 2 moles on the drawing. This is the pronoun of c doric. Note
Parallel tones are called in English relative keys, while the term "parallel keys" denotes the same names. Also see
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