F major 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: B. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor. The F major scale is: \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> 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
In scale In scale The in" scale (also known as the Sakura" pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song "Sakura Sakura") is, according to a traditional theory, one of two pentatonic scales used in much Japanese music, excluding "gagaku" and Buddhist chanting. The "in" scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the "koto" and "shamisen" and is contrasted with the "yo" scale, which does not contain minor notes. More recent theory emphasizes that it is more useful in interpreting Japanese melody to view scales on the basis of "nuclear tones" located a fourth apart