G-sharp major

**G♯ major**
	Notes in this scale
	G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F, G♯

G-sharp major is a major scale based on the musical note G sharp. Its key signature has six sharps and one double sharp.^[1]

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

↑ Thomas Busby (1840). "G Sharp Major". A dictionary of three thousand musical terms. revised by J.A. Hamilton. London: D'Almaine and Co. p. 55.

Scales and keys

[1] Thomas Busby (1840). "G Sharp Major". A dictionary of three thousand musical terms. revised by J.A. Hamilton. London: D'Almaine and Co. p. 55.

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Relative key	E♯ minor

Parallel key	G♯ minor
Dominant key
Subdominant
Notes in this scale
G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F, G♯