G♯ minor has 5 sharps — F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯. Here's the signature on the staff, the full scale, its relative major, and the trick to recognize it instantly.
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G♯ minor borrows its 5 sharps straight from its relative major, B major. Beyond the signature, minor keys typically raise the seventh degree into a leading tone, so expect an extra accidental in the music that the key signature never shows.
The G♯ minor scale runs G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯. Every sharpened note in the piece takes the key's accidentals automatically, which is exactly what the signature saves you from writing note by note.
G♯ minor shares its signature — 5 sharps — with its relative major, B major, a minor third above the tonic. They use the same seven pitches; what tells them apart is which note the music settles on and treats as home.
G♯ minor has 5 sharps — F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.
The relative major of G♯ minor is B major — it shares the identical key signature (5 sharps).
The G♯ minor scale is G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯.
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