Relative key | E-sharp minor ( theoretical) |
---|---|
Parallel key | G-sharp minor |
Dominant key | D-sharp major ( theoretical) |
Subdominant | C-sharp major |
Enharmonic | A-flat major |
Component pitches | |
G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F
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G-sharp major is a
theoretical key based on the
musical note
G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯,
A♯,
B♯,
C♯,
D♯,
E♯, and
F
. Its
key signature has one
double sharp and six
sharps.
[1]
Its relative minor is E-sharp minor, which is usually replaced by F minor. Its parallel minor is G-sharp minor; its enharmonic equivalent is A-flat major.
The G-sharp major scale is:
Although the enharmonic key of
A-flat major is preferred because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F
), G-sharp major appears as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in
C-sharp major from
Johann Sebastian Bach's
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. The G-sharp minor prelude (and the fugue) from the same set ends with a
Picardy third, on a G-sharp major chord. G-sharp major is tonicised briefly in several of
Frédéric Chopin's
nocturnes in C-sharp minor. A section in the second
movement of Chopin's
Piano Concerto No. 1 is in G-sharp major, although the key signature has four sharps. The end of the
exposition of the second movement
Charles-Valentin Alkan's
Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', subtitled Quasi-Faust, is in G-sharp major, albeit written with a six-sharp key signature (the movement opens in
D-sharp minor and ends in
F-sharp major).
The final pages of
A World Requiem by
John Foulds are written in G-sharp major with its correct key signature shown in the vocal score including the F
. The key signature is shown as in the LilyPond example with the scale above, starting with the C♯ and ending at the F
.
[2]
Relative key | E-sharp minor ( theoretical) |
---|---|
Parallel key | G-sharp minor |
Dominant key | D-sharp major ( theoretical) |
Subdominant | C-sharp major |
Enharmonic | A-flat major |
Component pitches | |
G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F
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G-sharp major is a
theoretical key based on the
musical note
G♯, consisting of the pitches G♯,
A♯,
B♯,
C♯,
D♯,
E♯, and
F
. Its
key signature has one
double sharp and six
sharps.
[1]
Its relative minor is E-sharp minor, which is usually replaced by F minor. Its parallel minor is G-sharp minor; its enharmonic equivalent is A-flat major.
The G-sharp major scale is:
Although the enharmonic key of
A-flat major is preferred because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F
), G-sharp major appears as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in
C-sharp major from
Johann Sebastian Bach's
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. The G-sharp minor prelude (and the fugue) from the same set ends with a
Picardy third, on a G-sharp major chord. G-sharp major is tonicised briefly in several of
Frédéric Chopin's
nocturnes in C-sharp minor. A section in the second
movement of Chopin's
Piano Concerto No. 1 is in G-sharp major, although the key signature has four sharps. The end of the
exposition of the second movement
Charles-Valentin Alkan's
Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', subtitled Quasi-Faust, is in G-sharp major, albeit written with a six-sharp key signature (the movement opens in
D-sharp minor and ends in
F-sharp major).
The final pages of
A World Requiem by
John Foulds are written in G-sharp major with its correct key signature shown in the vocal score including the F
. The key signature is shown as in the LilyPond example with the scale above, starting with the C♯ and ending at the F
.
[2]