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
Flat (music) }</score> Although very uncommon, a triple flat () can sometimes be found. It lowers a note three semitones. Flat (music) In music, flat or bemolle (Italian: "soft B") means "lower in pitch". More specifically, in musical notation, flat means "lower in pitch by one semitone (half step)". Flat is the opposite of sharp, which is a raising of pitch. In music notation, the flat symbol, , derived from a stylised lowercase ""b"", lowers a note by a half step (semitone). For instance, the music below has a key signature with three flats (indicating either E major or C minor) and