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D sharp | E flat minor key and scale on piano
The relative major scale of D sharp minor is F sharp major while D sharp major
is its parallel major scale. D sharp Major is generally substituted by E flat
major.
Sometimes you can find 6 sharp key signatures in the staff of a bass clef with A
sharp on the top line.
E flat minor key : enharmonic scale of D sharp minor

It is interesting to notice that in both volumes of Johann Sebastian Bach’s
The Well Tempered Clavier, the eighth prelude in E flat minor has its relative
and subsequent fugue in D sharp minor key.
Music written in this key is considered exceedingly difficult to read, leading
to infrequent use of D-sharp minor as the principal key center of pieces in the
Classical era. E flat minor key notation is more manageable for woodwinds and
brass instruments.

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