F major explained

F major
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
Fifth Pitch:	C
Sixth Pitch:	D
Seventh Pitch:	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.^[1] Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.

The F major scale is:

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.)

Scale degree chords

• Tonic – F major
• Supertonic – G minor
• Mediant – A minor
• Subdominant – B-flat major
• Dominant – C major
• Submediant – D minor

Notable compositions in F major

See also: List of symphonies in F major.

• 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
  • 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

See also

• Key (music)
• Major and minor
• Chord (music)
• Chord notation

Notes and References

1. Music Theory. (1950). United States: Standards and Curriculum Division, Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 28.