The G# minor scale - under duress

Okay. G# minor. Okay, that's the melodic minor of B major...five sharps. Only two white keys, B and E. Let's see, though, we have an E#, which is an F. (Cough, cough, cough.) and a...crap. Is that a double sharp F? (Hack, wheeze.) Yeah, it is. So three white keys. (Cough, cough.)

Let's try it.

G sharp - A sharp - (hack) - B natural - (suppressed hack) C sharp - D sharp - E sharp (F) - (hack) - (wheeze) - (invective) - F double-sharp - (invective, hack, invective) - G sharp - A sharp - (cough) - B natural - (suppressed cough, hack) C sharp - D sharp - E sharp (F) - (cough, cough, invective) - F double-sharp - (invective, wheeze) - G sharp.

OK, great, let's try E major then C# minor, and go from there. (Hack, cough, wheeze.)

That's been basically my whole weekend, folks. How's yours going?