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D-sharp minor

D-sharp minor

D-sharp minor is a minor scale based on D♯, consisting of the pitches D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B, and C♯. Its key signature has six sharps.

Its relative major is F-sharp major. Its parallel major, D-sharp major, is normally rewritten as E-flat major, since D-sharp major's two double-sharps make it generally impractical to use. Its enharmonic equivalent, E-flat minor, has the same number of flats as the number of sharps in D-sharp minor.

The D-sharp natural minor scale is:


\header { tagline = ##f }
scale = elative b { \key dis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature
 dis^"D♯ natural minor scale" eis fis gis ais b cis dis cis b ais gis fis eis dis2 \clef F \key dis \minor }
\score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }

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


\header { tagline = ##f }
scale = elative b { \key dis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature
 dis^"D♯ harmonic minor scale" eis fis gis ais b cisis dis cisis! b ais gis fis eis dis2 \clef F \key dis \minor }
\score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }

\header { tagline = ##f }
scale = elative b {\accidentalStyle modern \key dis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature
 dis^"D♯ melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" eis fis gis ais bis cisis dis cis? b? ais gis fis eis dis2 \clef F \key dis \minor }
\score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }