D in F♯ minor
In F♯ minor, D is D (natural)
In F♯ minor, D is D (natural)The key signature of F♯ minor does not alter D, so it stays natural.
Is D sharp or flat in F♯ minor?
In F♯ minor, D is natural: the key signature has three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯, and none of them falls on D, so you play the plain D unless a written accidental says otherwise.
The signature of F♯ minor is three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯. It alters only F, C and G, so D is left alone.
Spelled from the tonic, the F♯ minor scale runs F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E — one of each letter, each carrying whatever the signature gives it. The staff above draws the F♯ minor signature and the note D inside it — exactly as you would meet it in a piece written in this key.
Every letter in F♯ minor
F♯ minor has three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯. That fixes what each of the seven letters is called in this key:
- C is C♯
- D is D (natural — the signature leaves it alone) — the letter on this page
- E is E (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- F is F♯
- G is G♯
- A is A (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
- B is B (natural — the signature leaves it alone)
Related keys
F♯ minor shares its signature with its relative A major — the same sharps or flats, so D is natural there too.
Frequently asked questions
- Is D sharp or flat in F♯ minor?
- No. F♯ minor has three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯ — none of them on D, so D is natural in this key.
- What accidental does D carry in F♯ minor?
- D stays natural. The signature of F♯ minor is three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯. It alters only F, C and G, so D is left alone.
- What sharps or flats are in F♯ minor?
- F♯ minor has three sharps, F♯, C♯ and G♯ — written in that order at the start of the staff.
- How is the F♯ minor scale spelled?
- From the tonic up: F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E. Each letter appears once, carrying whatever the key signature gives it.