Symphonies of this number include Mahler's "Tragic" and Beethoven's "Pastorale."
Alexander Scriabin was so afraid of his piano sonata of this number that he never played it in public. The finale of one symphony of this number calls for a humongous mallet to deliver the "hammer blows of fate," and this number denotes the submediant of a scale. The composer of Pacific 231, Arthur Honegger, and (*) Darius Milhaud ["mee-YO"] were members of a French group named for this number. For a major key, the note of this scale degree gives that key's relative minor. Symphonies of this number include Mahler's "Tragic" and Beethoven's "Pastorale." For 10 points, give the number of strings on a guitar as well as players in a sextet.
Alexander Scriabin was so afraid of his piano sonata of this number that he never played it in public.
six (accept word forms like sixth; accept Les Six [“lay-see”])