In A Minor, what is this pitch's scale degree?

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First, let's map the pitch shown to a note name in the treble staff. In A minor, the natural scale degrees are: 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, 4 = D, 5 = E, 6 = F, 7 = G. The image includes a sharp accidental on the note, which means the pitch is raised by a semitone from its natural form.

Option 1 (1) would be A, but the note has a sharp that makes it higher than A, so this is not correct.

Option 2 (2) would be B; again, the presence of the sharp indicates a different pitch than B, so this is unlikely.

Option 3 (3) would be C; the sharp on the note means we are not at C unless the note were to be altered, which is not supported by the base mapping for this position.

Option 4 (4) would be D; similar reasoning applies—the sharp implies a pitch above D, not D itself.

Option 5 (5) would be E; while E can be sharpened to E#, the given note position corresponds to a specific scale-degree-raising pattern, not E.

Option 6 (6) would be F; with the sharp, the note is F#. In melodic minor ascending (a common reading for raised degrees in minor keys), the 6th degree is raised to F#. This matches the displayed pitch with the sharp accidental.

Option 7 (7) would be G; the sharp on G would be G#, which does not align with the displayed position based on the staff line/space.

Putting it together, the presence of the sharp on the note corresponds to a raised 6th degree in A minor, i.e., F# as the pitch. Therefore, the scale degree is 6. Note that the key signature for A minor is no sharps or flats, so the accidental is essential to identify this raised degree rather than the natural 6th (F).

In A Minor, what is this pitch's scale degree?

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