What is D-sharp minor?
{{See also|E-flat minor}} {{Infobox Scale| | image_name=F-sharp_Major_key_signature.png | scale_name=D{{Music|sharp}} minor | relative=[[F-sharp major|F{{Music|sharp}} major]] | parallel=D{{Music|sharp}} major<br />enharmonic:<br />[[E-flat minor|E{{Music|flat}} minor]] | enharmonic=[[E-flat minor]] | first_pitch=D{{Music|sharp}} | second_pitch=E{{Music|sharp}} | third_pitch=F{{Music|sharp}} | fourth_pitch=G{{Music|sharp}} | fifth_pitch=A{{Music|sharp}} | sixth_pitch=B | seventh_pitch=C{{Music|sharp}} }} '''D-sharp minor''' is a [[minor scale]] based on '''D {{Music|sharp}}'''. For the [[harmonic minor]], the C{{Music|sharp}} is raised to C{{Music|##}}. Its [[key signature]] has six sharps. [[E-flat minor]] is its [[enharmonic]] equivalent. Its [[relative key|relative major]] is [[F-sharp major]], and its [[parallel key|parallel major]] is D-sharp major. This is usually replaced by [[E-flat major]], because D-sharp major's two double sharps make it impractical to use. Since D-sharp minor and its enharmonic equivalent both have key signatures of six [[accidental]]s, neither one is clearly used instead of the other. For example, using the melodic minor version of D-sharp minor on the [[harp]] is very difficult. The B-pedal can be set to the sharp position, but there is no double-sharp position to set the C-pedal at. In Book I of ''[[The Well-Tempered Clavier]]'', Bach chose to write the eighth prelude in E-flat minor but the accompanying fugue in D-sharp minor. (In Book II, Bach wrote both the eighth Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor.) Music written in this key is considered very difficult to read, which means that little music was written mainly in this key in the Classical era. E-flat minor is easier for many [[brass instruments]] and [[woodwinds]]. The most famous work in this key is [[Scriabin]]'s famous [[Etude Op. 8 No. 12 (Scriabin)|Etude Op. 8, No. 12]]. Russian composer [[Sergei Lyapunov|Lyapunov]] must also have liked the key because he wrote the second etude of his Op. 11 set in the