F major


F major is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.
The F major scale is:
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:
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

  • 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
  • *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
  • *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, 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, Op. 96