C-sharp minor

American  

[see shahrp mahy-ner] / ˈsi ˌʃɑrp ˈmaɪ nər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has C sharp as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having four sharps.

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C-sharp minor

Some, like C-sharp minor, had fallen completely off the intonation table.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022

For a brief 15-second span, the violas and cellos state a hushed, reverential hymn in pure, unadulterated C-sharp minor.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2019

No. 4 is a very impassioned presto in C-sharp minor, in which strong single notes and octaves occur, along with an insistent and very rapid sixteenth-note motion.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

They regarded me with curiosity, and I could hear them whispering about my clothes, I got off a few feeble jokes on the subject, pointing to my C-sharp minor colored collar.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by James Huneker

This exquisite melody gives place to a somewhat broken part in the key of C-sharp minor, in which the remarkable thing is the incessant repetition of the note G-sharp.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews