F major - wikipedia F major This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) F major Relative key D minor Parallel key F minor Dominant key C major Subdominant B ♭ major Component pitches F, G, A, B ♭, C, D, 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, B ♭. F major 's relative minor is D minor, and its parallel minor is F minor. 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. ) Ascending and descending F - major scale on the treble clef. ( Play in just intonation ( help info ) ) Notable compositions in F major `` Autumn '' from The Four Seasons ( RV 293 ) -- Antonio Vivaldi Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1 & 2, BWV 1046 -- 1047 -- Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 -- Johann Sebastian Bach Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 / 300k -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Se vuol ballare ( An aria from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 ) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 / 368b -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, `` Pastoral '' -- Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 -- Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 / 1 -- Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 / 1 -- Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 -- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 / 2 -- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 -- Ludwig van Beethoven Andante favori, WoO 57 -- Ludwig van Beethoven Octet in F major, D. 803 - Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 -- Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 -- Johannes Brahms String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 -- Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 -- Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 -- Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 -- Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet in F major - Maurice Ravel Concerto in F -- George Gershwin See also Key ( music ) Major and minor Chord ( music ) Chord names and symbols ( popular music ) List of symphonies in F major External links Media related to F major at Wikimedia Commons Diatonic scales and keys Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 d B ♭ g E ♭ f ♯ A ♭ f c ♯ D ♭ b ♭ g ♯ 6 G ♭ e ♭ F ♯ d ♯ 7 C ♭ a ♭ C ♯ a ♯ 8 F ♭ d ♭ G ♯ e ♯ The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F_major&oldid=815231867 '' Categories : Musical keys Major scales Compositions in F major Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from December 2009 All articles lacking sources Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 13 December 2017, at 15 : 55. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how many flats or sharps are in the key of f major
Answer: one flat