A-sharp minor
Enharmonic | B-flat minor |
|---|---|
| Component pitches | |
| A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯ | |
A-sharp minor is a
Its
enharmonic equivalent of A-sharp minor is B-flat minor,[1]
which only contains five flats and is often preferable to use.
The A-sharp
natural minor scale
is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The A-sharp
melodic minor scales
are:
In Christian Heinrich Rinck's 30 Preludes and Exercises in all major and minor keys, Op. 67, the 16th Prelude and Exercise is in A-sharp minor. In Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848, a brief section near the beginning of the piece modulates to A-sharp minor.
Scale degree chords
- Tonic - A-sharp minor
- Supertonic - B-sharp diminished
- Mediant - C-sharp major
- Subdominant - D-sharp minor
- E-sharp minor
- Submediant - F-sharp major
- Subtonic - G-sharp major
References
- ^ ISBN 9781118054444.