| Relative key | A major |
|---|---|
| Parallel key | F-sharp major |
| Dominant key | C-sharp minor |
| Subdominant key | B minor |
| Component pitches | |
| F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E | |
F-sharp minor is aminor scale based onF♯, consisting of the pitches F♯,G♯,A,B,C♯,D, andE. Itskey signature has threesharps. Itsrelative major isA major and itsparallel major isF-sharp major (or enharmonicallyG-flat major).
The F-sharpnatural minor scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The F-sharpharmonic minor andmelodic minor scales are:
Thescale degree chords of F-sharp minor are:
Very few symphonies are written in this key,Haydn's "Farewell Symphony" being one famous example.George Frederick Bristow[1] andDora Pejačević wrote symphonies in this key.[2]
The few concertos written in this key are usually written for the composer himself to play, includingRachmaninoff'sPiano Concerto No. 1,Scriabin'sPiano Concerto,Wieniawski'sViolin Concerto No. 1,Vieuxtemps's Violin Concerto No. 2,Bernhard Romberg's Cello Concerto Op. 30 andKoussevitzky's Double Bass Concerto.
In addition to the "Farewell Symphony", Haydn'sPiano Trio No. 40 (Hob. XV:26) and the fourth quartet from the'Prussian' Quartets are in F-sharp minor.
More prominent keyboard pieces written in F-sharp minor includeHandel's Keyboard Suite HWV 431,Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Fantasia H. 300,Carel Anton Fodor's Sonata Op. 2/2,Muzio Clementi's Piano Sonata Op. 25/5,Dussek's Sonata Op. 61 ('Élégie Harmonique'),Ignaz Moscheles's Sonate mélancolique, Op. 49,Hélène de Montgeroult's Piano Sonata Op. 5/3, Schumann'sSonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor (1833–35), Liszt'sHungarian Rhapsody No.2 second movement "Friska",Clara Schumann's Prelude and Fugue ICS 18, Chopin'sPolonaise in F♯ minor, Scriabin'sThird Sonata, and Ravel'sSonatine. Theslow movement of Beethoven'sHammerklavier piano sonata is written in this key.
Aside from a prelude and fugue from each of the two books ofThe Well-Tempered Clavier,Bach's only other work in F-sharp minor is thetoccataBWV 910.Mozart's only composition in this key is the second movement to hisPiano Concerto No. 23 inA major.[3]
F-sharp minor is sometimes used as the parallel minor of G-flat major, especially since G-flat major's real parallel minor, G-flat minor, would have nine flats including two double-flats. For example, in the middle section ofhis seventh Humoresque inG-flat major,Antonín Dvořák switches from G-flat major to F-sharp minor for the middle section in the parallel minor.
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