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
G-flat major and Winding used G-flat major over F-sharp major, but this does not affect the integrity of the scheme as the key sequence breaks down. Muzio Clementi chose G-flat for the "Grande Exercice" and F-sharp for the prelude. Antonín Dvořák composed Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat major, while its middle section is F-sharp minor. Gustav Mahler was fond of using G-flat major in key passages of his symphonies. Examples include: the choral entry during the finale of his Second Symphony, during the first movement of his Third Symphony, the modulatory section of the Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony, and during the