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

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, B♭.

F major's relative minor is D minor, and its parallel minor is F minor.

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.)

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

Notable compositions in F major

• "Autumn" from The Four Seasons (RV 293) – Antonio Vivaldi
• Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1 & 2, BWV 1046–1047 – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332/300k – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Se vuol ballare (An aria from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b – Wolfgang Amadeus 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 No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Andante favori, WoO 57 – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Octet in F major, D. 803 - Franz Schubert
• Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 – Johannes Brahms
• Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 – Johannes Brahms
• String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 – Johannes Brahms
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 – Johannes 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 in F major - Maurice Ravel
• Concerto in F – George Gershwin

See also

• Key (music)
• Major and minor
• Chord (music)
• Chord names and symbols (popular music)
• List of symphonies in F major

External links

• Media related to F major 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.