F major
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. 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.) 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 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