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C-sharp major is a major scale based on C ... "The Recognition of Major and Minor Keys in German Theory: 1680–1730". Journal of Music Theory. 22 (1).
In most cases, a sharp raises the pitch of a note one semitone while a flat lowers it one semitone. A natural is used to cancel the effect of a flat or sharp. This system of accidentals operates in conjunction with the key signature, whose effect continues throughout an entire piece, or until another key signature is indicated.
The first four bars of Bach's Prelude in C-sharp Major, BWV 848. The prelude is a lively 2-part texture, using a series of broken chords which swap between the hands. It is in a fast 3/8 time signature and is made up largely of semiquavers.
Some keys (such as C ♯ major with seven sharps) may be written as an enharmonically equivalent key (D ♭ major with five flats in this case). In rare cases, the sharp keys may be extended further, G ♯ → D ♯ → A ♯ → E ♯ → B ♯ → F → C, requiring double sharps in the key signature: F, C, G, D, A, E, B.
C ♯ (C-sharp) is a musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C and a diatonic semitone below D; it is the second semitone of the solfège. C-sharp is thus enharmonic to D ♭. It is the second semitone in the French solfège and is known there as do dièse. In some European notations, it is known as Cis.
[10]: 74 The accidentals may be below the superscript and subscript number(s), before the superscript and subscript number(s), or using a slash (/) or plus sign (+) to indicate that the interval is raised (either ♮ in a flat key signature or a ♯ or in a sharp key signature. Secondary chords are indicated with a slash e.g. V/V.
B ♭, E ♭, A ♭, D ♭, G ♭, C ♭, F ♭. The corresponding order of keys is off by one: F ♮, B ♭, E ♭, A ♭, D ♭, G ♭, C ♭. Starting with no sharps or flats (C major), adding the first flat (B ♭) indicates F major; adding the next (E ♭) indicates B ♭ major, and so on, backwards through the circle of fifths.
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