What is A-sharp minor?
{{See also|B-flat minor}} {{Infobox Scale | image_name=C-sharp_Major_key_signature.png | scale_name=A{{music|sharp}} minor | relative=[[C-sharp major|C{{music|sharp}} major]] | parallel=A{{music|sharp}} major<br />([[B-flat major|B{{music|flat}} major]]) | enharmonic=[[B-flat minor|B{{music|flat}} minor]] | first_pitch=A{{music|sharp}} | second_pitch=B{{music|sharp}} | third_pitch=C{{music|sharp}} | fourth_pitch=D{{music|sharp}} | fifth_pitch=E{{music|sharp}} | sixth_pitch=F{{music|sharp}} | seventh_pitch=G{{music|sharp}} | eighteenth_ptich=A{{music|sharp}} }} '''A-sharp minor''' or '''A{{music|sharp}} minor''' is a [[minor scale]] based on '''A-sharp'''. Its [[key signature]] has seven sharps. Its [[relative key|relative major]] is [[C-sharp major]]. Its [[parallel key|parallel major]] is [[A-sharp major]]. This is usually replaced by [[B-flat major]], because A-sharp major's three double sharps in the key signature makes it generally impractical. [[wikt:exception|Exceptions]] include [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Polonaise-Fantaisie (Chopin)|Polonaise-Fantaisie]] in A-flat major, Op. 61, which has a short passage of about 6 bars actually written in A-sharp major, putting in the necessary double-sharps as [[accidentals]]. This is part of a theme in [[B major]], which [[modulation (music)|modulates]] to A-sharp major for a little while. A-sharp minor has the [[Theoretical key#enharmonic equivalence|enharmonic equivalent]] of [[B-flat minor]]. This is often used in most musical compositions instead of A-sharp minor, because A-sharp minor is not a useful key for compositions and is one of the least used minor keys in music. However, there were some composers in the past that have composed music in this key. [[Christian Heinrich Rinck]] wrote his Prelude No. 16 from Op. 15 in A-sharp minor. ==Other websites== * [http://www.cisdur.de/e_index.html Overview of Compositions with 7 Accidentals] == Scales and keys == {{Circle of fifths}} [[Category:Musical keys]] [[Category:Minor scales]]