F major is a

major scale The major scale (or Ionian mode) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many musical scales, it is made up of seven notes: the eighth duplicates the first at doubl ...

based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its

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has one flat.
Music Theory
'. (1950). United States: Standards and Curriculum Division, Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 28. Its relative minor is

D minor D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative major is F major and its parallel major is D major. The D natural minor scale is: Changes needed ...

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 The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

in F and the bass Wagner tuba. Thus, music in F major for these

transposing instrument A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing instrument such as the piano). For example, playing a written middle C on a transposing ...

s 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 In music theory, the scale degree is the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic—the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals ...

chords of F major are: * Tonic – F major *

Supertonic In music, the supertonic is the second degree () of a diatonic scale, one whole step above the tonic. In the movable do solfège system, the supertonic note is sung as ''re''. The triad built on the supertonic note is called the supertonic ...

–

G minor G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative major is B-flat major and its parallel major is G major. The G natural minor scale is: Changes n ...

* Mediant – A minor *

Subdominant In music, the subdominant is the fourth tonal degree () of the diatonic scale. It is so called because it is the same distance ''below'' the tonic as the dominant is ''above'' the tonicin other words, the tonic is the dominant of the subdomina ...

–

B-flat major B-flat major is a major scale based on B, with pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor. The B-flat major scale is: Changes needed for ...

* Dominant – C major *

Submediant In music, the submediant is the sixth degree () of a diatonic scale. The submediant ("lower mediant") is named thus because it is halfway between the tonic and the subdominant ("lower dominant") or because its position below the tonic is symm ...

–

* Leading-tone – E diminished

Notable compositions in F major

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

** 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 Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

** English Suite No. 4, BWV 809 ** ''Italian Concerto'' in F major, BWV 971 ** ''Brandenburg Concertos'' Nos. 1 & 2, BWV 1046–1047 *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

** Concerto for 3 Pianos, K. 242 ** Piano Concerto No. 11, K. 413 ** Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459 ** Piano Sonata No. 12, K. 332/300k ** String Quartet No. 23, K. 590 ** Violin Sonata No. 24, K. 376 ** Violin Sonata No. 36, K. 547 ** Oboe Quartet, K. 370/368b *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

** 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 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

** Bassoon Concerto *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

** Octet, D. 803 ** Mass No. 1, D. 105 ** Deutsche Messe (German Mass), D 872 ** Adagio and Rondo Concertante for piano quartet, D. 487 *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

** Violin Sonata No. 1 ** Violin Sonata No. 3 *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

** Transcendental Étude No. 3 "Paysage" *

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

** Ballade No. 2 ** Étude Op. 10, No. 8 "Sunshine/Encore" ** Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1 ** Étude Op. 25, No. 3 "The Horseman" ** Prelude Op. 28, No. 23 "Pleasure Boat" ** Waltz Op. 34, No. 3 * Charles-Valentin Alkan ** Prelude Op. 31, No. 11 "Un petit rien" *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

** ''Ein Deutsches Requiem'', Op. 45 ** String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88 ** Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 ** Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 99 * Anton Bruckner ** String Quintet * Maurice Ravel **

String Quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

** Concerto in F * Dmitri Shostakovich ** String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 ** Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 * Antonín Dvořák ** Symphony No. 5, Op. 76 ** String Quartet No. 12 (American Quartet), Op. 96

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:F Major Musical keys Major scales

Scale degree chords

Notable compositions in F major

See also

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