What is G-sharp major?
{{Infobox Scale | image_name=Gis-dur.PNG | scale_name=G{{music|sharp}} major | relative=[[E-sharp minor|E{{music|sharp}} minor]] | parallel=[[G-sharp minor|G{{music|sharp}} minor]] | enharmonic=[[A{{music|flat}} major]] | first_pitch=G{{music|sharp}} | second_pitch=A{{music|sharp}} | third_pitch=B{{music|sharp}} | fourth_pitch=C{{music|sharp}} | fifth_pitch=D{{music|sharp}} | sixth_pitch=E{{music|sharp}} | seventh_pitch=F{{music|doublesharp}} |dominant=[[D{{music|sharp}} major]]|subdominant=[[C{{music|sharp}} major]]}} '''G-sharp major''' is a [[major scale]] based on the musical [[Note (music)|note]] G sharp. Its [[key signature]] has six sharps and one double sharp.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=G Sharp Major|title=A dictionary of three thousand musical terms|others=revised by J.A. Hamilton|author=Thomas Busby|date=1840|location=London|publisher=D'Almaine and Co.|page=55}}</ref> To make reading easier, G-sharp major is usually written as its [[enharmonic equivalent]] of [[A-flat major]]. However, it does appear as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, for example in the Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major from Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1. The G sharp minor Prelude and Fugue from the same set end with a [[Picardy third]] in G sharp major. G sharp major is used for a short time in several of [[Chopin]]'s nocturnes in C sharp minor. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Scales and keys== {{Circle of fifths}} [[Category:Musical keys]] [[Category:Major scales]]