F major

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F major is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.

The F major scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The F harmonic major and melodic major scales are:

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. These instruments sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher.

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of F major are:

• Tonic – F major
• Supertonic – G minor
• Mediant – A minor
• Subdominant – B-flat major
• Dominant – C major
• Submediant – D minor
• Leading-tone – E diminished

Notable compositions in F major

See also

• Key (music)
• Major and minor
• Chord (music)
• Chord notation

References

External links

• Media related to F major at Wikimedia Commons