Talk:A-sharp minor

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Removed the "G# #" in the component pitches. Even though the harmonic minor has a raised seventh, the Major/minor symmetry is best seen through the natural version of the minor---after all, the related Major and minor pairs share the same key signature just to reflect this elegant symmetry. This is also consistent with Wikipedia articles describing other minor keys. Also added in the phrase "the enharmonic name" in front of "A# Major" to avoid a trivial semantic pitfall.

[edit] Number of sharps

Is it just me, or are the number of sharps not counted correctly? It looks like in the music that there are only 7 sharps, and there isn't a G-sharp... --HappyCamper 00:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops, nevermind. [1] . --HappyCamper 00:26, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can examples of pieces in A-sharp minor be given?

However, there were some composers in previous centuries that have composed music in this key.

If possible, it would be good to have some examples of these pieces given. I can probably find a few passages in A-sharp minor in pieces whose main key is some other key (probably a remote sharp key); but I cannot actually think of a whole piece or even a whole theme or section in this key.

I have a feeling I saw one or two pieces in A-sharp minor on imslp.org before its sad, recent demise; but I cannot remember what they are. If the person who wrote the above quote can remember any examples, it would be good to insert them into the article. (If I come across the .pdfs of pieces in this key I got from imslp.org, I will insert citations of them.) M.J.E. 09:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notation in article of "G-double-sharp".

Hitherto, the leading note for A-sharp minor, G-double-sharp, was written in the article as "G##". I have changed this to "Gx". The former may seem logical, but in fact double-sharps in music are never notated with a doubled sharp sign like this, but instead represented as a little diagonally-oriented cross-shaped symbol with each end thickened. This does not look exactly like a lower-case "x", but the "x" is the closest way of representing the symbol with ordinary text characters. M.J.E. 18:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)