{{Short description|Major key and scale based on the note F}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox musical scale | name=F major<br><score>{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key f \major s16 \clef bass \key f \major s^"" }</score> | relative=D minor | parallel=F minor | dominant=C major | subdominant=B-flat major | first_pitch=F | second_pitch=G | third_pitch=A | fourth_pitch=B{{Music|flat}} | fifth_pitch=C | sixth_pitch=D | seventh_pitch=E }} '''F major''' is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B{{Music|flat}}, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nGIUiK4IXWkC&dq=music%20theory&pg=PA28 Music Theory]''. (1950). United States: Standards and Curriculum Division, Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 28.</ref> Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.

The F major scale is: {{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key f \major \omit Score.TimeSignature f^"F natural major scale" g a bes c d e f e d c bes a g f2 \clef F \key f \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}}

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:

{{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key f \major \omit Score.TimeSignature f^"F harmonic major scale" g a bes c des e f e des! c bes a g f2 \clef F \key f \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}} {{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key f \major \omit Score.TimeSignature f^"F melodic major scale" g a bes c d e f es des c bes a g f2 \clef F \key f \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}}

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. 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 chords of F major are: * '''Tonic''' – F major * '''Supertonic''' – G minor * '''Mediant''' – A minor * '''Subdominant''' – B-flat major * '''Dominant''' – C major * '''Submediant''' – D minor * '''Leading-tone''' – E diminished

==Notable compositions in F major== {{See also|List of symphonies in F major}} {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} *Antonio Vivaldi **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 ** English Suite No. 4, BWV 809 **''Italian Concerto'' in F major, BWV 971 **''Brandenburg Concertos'' Nos. 1 & 2, BWV 1046–1047 *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **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 **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 **Bassoon Concerto *Franz Schubert **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 **Violin Sonata No. 1 **Violin Sonata No. 3 *Franz Liszt **Transcendental Étude No. 3 "Paysage" *Frédéric Chopin **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 **''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 *George Gershwin **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 {{Div col end}}

==See also== {{Portal|Music}} *Key (music) *Major and minor *Chord (music) *Chord notation <!--Please do not add a "list of notable songs in this key" section; see the discussion page for the article "C major".-->

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