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Major key and scale based on the note F
F major (or the key of F ) is a
major scale based on
F , with the pitches F,
G ,
A ,
B♭ ,
C ,
D , and
E . Its
key signature has one
flat .
[1] Its
relative minor is
D minor and its
parallel minor is
F minor .
The F major scale is:
F major is the home key of the
English horn , the
basset horn , the
horn in F, the
trumpet in F and the bass
Wagner tuba . Thus, music in F major for these
transposing instruments is written in
C major . Most of these sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher. (The basset horn also often sounds an octave and a fifth lower.)
Scale degree chords
Notable compositions in F major
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio sonata Op. 1/5 for two violins and basso continuo, RV 69
Violin sonata Op. 2/4 , RV 20
Violin sonata Op. 5/1 , RV 18
Violin concerto Op. 3/7 from L'estro armonico , for four violins and orchestra, RV 567
Violin concerto Op. 4/9 from La Stravaganza , RV 284
Violin concerto Op. 7/10 , Il Ritiro , RV 294
Violin concerto Op. 8/3, Autumn from The four seasons , RV 293
Flute concerto Op. 10/1 , RV 433, La tempesta di mare
Flute concerto Op. 10/5, RV 434
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 , Op. 68 ("Pastoral")
Symphony No. 8 , Op. 93
Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra , Op. 50
String Quartet No. 1 , Op. 18/1
String Quartet No. 7 , Op. 59/1
String Quartet No. 16 , Op. 135
Violin Sonata No. 5 , Op. 24 (Frühling)
Piano Sonata No. 6 , Op. 10/2
Piano Sonata No. 22 , Op. 54
Horn Sonata , Op. 17
Carl Maria von Weber
Franz Schubert
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Frédéric Chopin
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Johannes Brahms
Anton Bruckner
Maurice Ravel
George Gershwin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Antonín Dvořák
See also
References
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Music Theory . (1950). United States: Standards and Curriculum Division, Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 28.
External links
Media related to
F major at Wikimedia Commons
Circle of fifths
The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.