F major
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| 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 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.)
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 Beethoven1
- 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
- Prelude Op. 28/23 "Pleasure boat" – Frédéric Chopin
- Étude Op. 10, No. 8 "Sunshine"/"Encore" – Frédéric Chopin
- Étude Op. 25, No. 3 "Horsemen" – Frédéric Chopin
- Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1 – Frédéric Chopin
- Waltz Op. 34, No. 3 – Frédéric Chopin
- Transcendental Étude No. 3 "Paysage" – Franz Liszt
- 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
- Andante from Trout Quintet - Franz Schubert
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
