So what do we do to make sure that the WWHWWWH formula is the same no matter which note we start on? We use sharps and flats!Īs you’ll see below, for example, the G major scale requires that the F is sharpened. As we said, this is what gives the major scale its distinct character – changing the pattern would result in an entirely new scale. What’s very important is that the pattern of whole steps and half steps is always maintained. Since we have 12 different notes in the musical alphabet and the major scale can start on any of them, we get 12 major scales. The major scale pattern works just the same way if it starts on any other note. The key signature is shown as in the LilyPond example with the scale above, starting with the C ♯ and ending at the F. The final pages of A World Requiem by John Foulds are written in G-sharp major with its correct key signature shown in the vocal score including the F. The end of the exposition of the second movement Charles-Valentin Alkan's Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', subtitled Quasi-Faust, is in G-sharp major, albeit written with a six-sharp key signature (the movement opens in D-sharp minor and ends in F-sharp major). 1 is in G-sharp major, although the key signature has four sharps. A section in the second movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. G-sharp major is tonicised briefly in several of Frédéric Chopin's nocturnes in C-sharp minor. The G-sharp minor prelude (and the fugue) from the same set ends with a Picardy third, on a G-sharp major chord. You can download the audio file.Īlthough the enharmonic key of A-flat major is preferred because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F ), G-sharp major appears as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. Audio playback is not supported in your browser.
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