E-sharp minor
E-sharp minor
E-sharp minor is a theoretical key based on the musical note E♯, consisting of the pitches E♯, F
, G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯ and D♯. Its key signature has one double sharp and six sharps, (or eight sharps). Its relative major is G-sharp major, which is usually replaced by A-flat major. Its parallel major, E-sharp major, is usually replaced by F major, as E-sharp major’s four double-sharps make it impractical to use.
The E-sharp natural minor scale is:
- <score sound="1"> {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' {
\clef treble \key eis \minor \time 7/4 eis4^\markup "Natural minor scale" fisis gis ais bis cis dis eis dis cis bis ais gis fisis eis2 \clef bass \key eis \minor
} } </score>
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The E-sharp harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:
- <score sound="1"> {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' {
\clef treble \key eis \minor \time 7/4 eis4^\markup "Harmonic minor scale" fisis gis ais bis cis disis eis disis cis bis ais gis fisis eis2
} } </score>
- <score sound="1"> {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' {
\clef treble \key eis \minor \time 7/4 eis4^\markup "Melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" fisis gis ais bis cisis disis eis dis! cis! bis ais gis fisis eis2
} } </score>
Although E-sharp minor is usually notated as F minor, it could be used on a local level, such as bars 17 to 22 in Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major. (E-sharp minor is the mediant minor key of C-sharp major.)
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