C-sharp major: Difference between revisions

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'''C-sharp major''' is a [[major scale]] based on C sharp, consisting of the pitches C-sharp, [[D-sharp]], [[E-sharp]] (enharmonic to F natural), [[F-sharp]], '''[[G sharp]]''', A sharp, B sharp (enharmonic to C natural) and '''C sharp'''. Its [[key signature]] consists ofhas seven sharps (''see below:'' [[#Scales and keys|Scales and keys]]).

Its [[relative key|relative minor]] is [[A sharp minor]], and its [[parallel key|parallel minor]] is [[C sharp minor]]. Its enharmonic equivalent is [[D flat major]].

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Although most composers prefer to use the enharmonic equivalent D-flat major because it has just five flats as opposed to the seven sharps of C-sharp major, [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] actually chose C sharp major for Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in both books of the ''[[Well-Tempered Clavier]]''. [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[String Quartet No. 3 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 3]] is one of the few in C sharp major. In [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6]], [[Franz Liszt]] actually changes key from D flat major to C sharp major near the beginning of the piece. [[Maurice Ravel]] selected C sharp major as the tonic key of ''Ondine'' from his piano suite ''[[Gaspard de la nuit]]''.

==Scales and keys==

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