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: B. 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.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
- *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
- *Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10/2
- *Piano Sonata No. 22, Op. 54
- *Horn Sonata, Op. 17
- 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
- *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
- *Symphony No. 3, Op. 90
- *Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
- *String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88
- *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
