C sharp major

C♯ is a redirect to this article. For the programming language see C-Sharp .

C sharp major
Chord symbol (s) :	Cis, C♯
Parallel Tone :	a sharp minor
Dominant :	G sharp major
Subdominant :	F sharp major
Scale :	cis - dis - eis ^ fis - gis - ais - his ^ cis

Cis-Dur is a key of the musical scale major based on the fundamental building cis. The key of C sharp major is in the musical notation with seven crosses written (fis, cis, gis, dis, ais ice, his). The corresponding scale and the basic chord of this key (the tonic c sharp-eis-g sharp) are also referred to by the term C sharp major.

The key character of C sharp major is often described as delicate, light and bright.

Works

Works in C sharp major are comparatively rare. The D flat major , which is identical in the Enharmonik (not in the tone color) , is more common, since (in contrast to C sharp major) it only has 5 accidentals and is therefore in the circle of fifths . The best known are Johann Sebastian Bach's Preludes and Fugues in The Well-Tempered Clavier , especially the prelude of the first part. Even if a work begins in C major and is transposed up a semitone over the course of the work (often by moving it back ), the transposed part should be notated in C sharp major rather than D flat major.

Web links

Wiktionary: C sharp major  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Works in C sharp major

Classification of the key

Keys and their accidentals

Sign :	7 ♭ + fes	6 ♭ + ces	5 ♭ + total	4 ♭ + des	3 ♭ + as	2 ♭ + es	1 ♭ b	0 ♭ / ♯	1 ♯ f sharp	2 ♯ + c sharp	3 ♯ + g sharp	4 ♯ + dis	5 ♯ + ais	6 ♯ + ice	7 ♯ + his
Major keys:	Ces	Ges	Of	As	It	B.	F.	C.	G	D.	A.	E.	H	F sharp	Cis
Minor keys:	as	it	b	f	c	G	d	a	e	H	f sharp	cis	g sharp	dis	ais