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F-sharp minor: The Recluse
Also known as:
The Cat Lady
Miss Lonelyhearts
F-sharp minors you might know:
Miss Havisham from Great Expectations.
Annie Wilkes from Stephen King’s Misery.
Edith Bouvier Beale.
The notes: F♯- G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D – E♯ – F♯.
Number of sharps: three.
Relative major: A major.
What they said about F-sharp minor in the 18th century:
“F-sharp minor, although it leads to great distress, nevertheless is more languid than lethal. Moreover, it has something abandoned, singular and misanthropic about it.” – Johann Mattheson, 1713.
“A gloomy key: it tugs at passion as a dog biting a dress. Resentment and discontent are its language. It really does not seem to like its own position: therefore it languishes ever … for the triumphant happiness of D major.” – Christoph Schubart, 1784.
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