# 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 D harmonic minor and melodic minor 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 ("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