F major

F major

Relative key	D minor
Parallel key	F minor
Dominant key	C major
Subdominant	B♭ major
Component pitches
F, G, A, B♭, C, D, E, F

The F major scale (or the key of F) consists of 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.

F major key 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 instruments is written in C major key. 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.)

Ascending and descending F-major scale on the treble clef. ( Play in just intonation  )

Notable compositions in F major

• Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" – Antonio Vivaldi
• Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1 & 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Piano Concerto No. 19 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• String Quartet No. 23 KV590 - Mozart
• Se vuol ballare (aria from Le nozze di Figaro) - Mozart
• Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet Op. 18/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet Op. 59/1 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet Op. 135 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Piano Sonata Op. 10/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Piano Sonata Op. 54 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Andante favori WoO 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Octet D803 - Franz Schubert
• Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 – Johannes Brahms
• Ein Deutsches Requiem (first and last movement) - Brahms
• String quintet No. 1 Op. 88 - Brahms
• Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 99 - Brahms
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 – Dmitri Shostakovich
• String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 – Dmitri Shostakovich
• String Quartet - Maurice Ravel
• George Gershwin
• Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K. 370 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

Diatonic scales and keys
	Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 C a C a 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c♯ 5 D♭ b♭ B g♯ 6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯ 7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯ 8 F♭ d♭ G♯ e♯
The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.