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Posted by 02 Another example is Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude. Here, the piece is in D flat major, and the B section is in the "parallel" minor of C# minor, rather than in the true parallel, Db minor (7 flats?). This example opts for the easier read over the "correct" spelling. So there you have two examples from the literature, one of each opinion on whether to include your C# and Cb majors. I would opt for the easier read. You might also look at Brahms' F minor piano sonata (Op 1?). In one of the middle movements, it modulates to one of the ungodly keys like Gb major or something. What's the application for your chart?
on 8/26/2007, 3:48 pm, in reply to "practical uses for C#/Cb major and A#/Ab minor scales?"
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Check Brahms' Intermezzo Op. 117(?) for an example of Eb minor (6 flats). D# minor has 6 sharps, so its a wash. However, the reason for the awkward key is that the Eb minor section is the B section of a rounded binary form (or ternary, I'm thinking back a few years here), and it is in the parallel minor (the intermezzo is in E flat major).
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