F major

F major

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

F major (or the key of F) is a musical major scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat (see below: Scales and keys).

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.

Of the six Overtures Francesco Maria Veracini wrote for Prince Friedrich Augustus in Dresden, most are in either F major or B-flat major because of the limitations of the winds in the Prince's orchestra.

List of compositions in F Major

• Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1 & 2 - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Piano Concerto No. 19 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - Johannes Brahms
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich) - Dimitri Shostakovich
• Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" - Antonio Vivaldi
• Hey Jude - The Beatles

See also: List of symphonies in F major

Scales and keys

v • d • e Diatonic Scales and Keys
	Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 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.

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