F-sharp minor

F-sharp minor

Relative key	A major
Parallel key	F-sharp major enharmonic: G-flat major
Dominant key	C-sharp minor
Subdominant	B minor
Component pitches
F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E

F-sharp minor is a minor scale based on F♯, consisting of the pitches F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, and E. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative major is A major and its parallel major is F-sharp major (or enharmonically G-flat major).

The F-sharp natural minor scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The F-sharp harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are:

Music in F-sharp minor

Very few symphonies are written in this key, Haydn's Farewell Symphony being one famous example. George Frederick Bristow and Dora Pejačević also wrote symphonies in this key. This key is relatively common, however, in guitar music (an example of this is "Wonderwall" by Oasis).

The few concerti written in this key are usually written for the composer himself to play, including Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, Scriabin's Piano Concerto, Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1, Vieuxtemps's Violin Concerto No. 2, and Koussevitzky's Double Bass Concerto.

In addition to the Farewell Symphony, Haydn's Piano Trio No. 40 (Hob. XV:26) and String Quartet Op. 50, No. 4 are in F-sharp minor.

Handel set the sixth of his eight harpsichord suites of 1720 in F-sharp minor. Aside from a prelude and fugue from each of the two books of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Bach's only other work in F-sharp minor is the Toccata BWV 910. Mozart's only composition in this key is the second movement to his Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major.

Notable classical compositions in F-sharp minor

See also: List of symphonies in F-sharp minor

• Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano: Allegretto alla barbaresca
• Johannes Brahms
  • Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Frédéric Chopin
  • Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
  • Nocturne, Op. 48, No. 2
  • Mazurka, Op. 59, No. 3
• Ernst von Dohnányi: Suite in F-sharp minor
• Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
• César Franck
  • Symphonic Variations
  • Les Djinns
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 45, Farewell Symphony
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1
  • Prelude in F-sharp minor No. 1, Op. 23
• Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
• Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, D 571 (incomplete)
• Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
• Alexander Scriabin
  • Piano Concerto, Op. 20
  • Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 23
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Prelude and Fugue No. 8, Op. 87
  • String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108
• Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasy for Solo Flute No. 10
• Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 14

Notable Songs

• Kelly Clarkson – "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
• Paula Cole – "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"
• Ariana Grande – "Into You"
• Ariana Grande – "Side to Side"
• Lana Del Rey - "Video Games"
• Michael Jackson – "Billie Jean"
• Juice Wrld - "Lucid Dreams"
• Oasis – "Wonderwall"
• Rihanna – "SOS"
• Britney Spears - "Circus"

References

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

External links

• Media related to F-sharp minor at Wikimedia Commons