Also see: G sharp major, or G minor.

G sharp minor is a minor scale based on G sharp, consisting of the pitches G-sharp, A-sharp, B, C-sharp, D-sharp, E, F-sharp and G-sharp (natural minor scale, or F^## for harmonic minor scale). [The note G-sharp is a half-tone between G & A.] Image File history File links created with GNU Lilypond File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. ... B major is a major scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, and B. Its key signature consists of five sharps. ... In music, the parallel minor of a particular major key (or the parallel major of a minor key) is the key which has the same tonic and a different key signature, as opposed to relative minor (or major, respectively). ... A-flat major is a major scale based on A-flat, consisting of the pitches A-flat, B-flat, C, D-flat, E-flat, F, G, and A-flat. ... G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, and G (natural minor scale). ... A minor scale in musical theory is a diatonic scale whose third scale degree is an interval of a minor third above the tonic. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... This article is about the programming language. ... Also see: D sharp major, or D minor. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

Its key signature has five sharps (see below: Scales and keys). This key signature – A major or F# minor – consists of three sharps placed after the clef In musical notation, a key signature is a series of sharp symbols or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating notes that are to be consistently played one semitone higher or lower than the...

Its relative major is B major, and its parallel major is G sharp major, usually replaced by A flat major, since G sharp major, which would have eight sharps, is not normally used. Its enharmonic equivalent is A flat major. In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. ... B major is a major scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, and B. Its key signature consists of five sharps. ... In music, the parallel minor of a particular major key (or the parallel major of a minor key) is the key which has the same tonic and a different key signature, as opposed to relative minor (or major, respectively). ... A flat major is a major scale based on A flat, consisting of the pitches A flat, B flat, C, D flat, E flat, F, G, and A flat. ... A flat major is a major scale based on A flat, consisting of the pitches A flat, B flat, C, D flat, E flat, F, G, and A flat. ...

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

Few symphonies are written in G sharp minor; among them are Nikolai Myaskovsky's Seventeenth Symphony, Christopher Schlegel's Fifth Symphony, and an abandoned work of juvenilia by Marc Blitzstein. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nikolai Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Мясковский) (April 20, 1881 – August 8, 1950) was a Russian composer. ... Juvenilia is an EP released by Liz Phair. ... Marc Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964) was an American composer. ...

Despite the key rarely being used in orchestral music other than to modulate, it is not entirely uncommon in keyboard music, from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier to the sonatas of Scriabin. For orchestration of piano music, some theorists recommend transposing the music to G minor or A minor. If G sharp minor must absolutely be used, one should take care that B flat wind instruments be notated in B flat minor, rather than A sharp minor.

Well known works in this key

Popular music

• Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Brother Where You Bound - Supertramp
• Big Time - Peter Gabriel
• Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
• Ridin' Spinners - Three 6 Mafia ft. Lil Flip
• COPS theme
• Crystal - New Order
• Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains
• I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year) - Donald Fagen
• I'll Be Around - The Spinners
• In Living Color theme song (seasons 3-4)
• It's A Mistake - Men at Work
• Rape Me - Nirvana
• She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer
• Stronger - Britney Spears
• Until It Sleeps - Metallica
• Vogue - Madonna
• Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies

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Classical pieces

• Etude Op. 25, No. 6 "Thirds" - Chopin
• Prelude Op. 32, No. 12 - Rachmaninov
• Sonata-fantasy - Scriabin
• Kinderszenen, No. 10, Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious) - Robert Schumann
• Symphonic Etudes, Etude No. 9 - Robert Schumann
• 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87, No. 12 -- Shostakovich
• La Campanella - Liszt

Most of the études are very difficult to play, such as Étude Op. ... The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, believed to have been taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the last great champions of the Romantic style of European classical music. ... Scriabins second piano sonata in G sharp minor (Opus 19, also titled Sonata-Fantasy) took five years for him to write. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин, Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin (6 January 1872 – 27 April 1915) was a Russian modernist composer and pianist. ... Robert Schumanns Kinderszenen (Scenes From Childhood), op. ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ... The Symphonic Etudes, Op. ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ... The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (Russian Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович) (September 25, 1906 – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... La Campanella is a piano etude written by virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt as part of a series of the six Grandes Etudes de Paganini (Grand Paganini Etudes), S. 141. ...

Scales and keys

References

• A. Morris, "Symphonies, Numbers And Keys" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, III.3, 2006.