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
Major scale scale" is also used in the names of some other scales whose first, third, and fifth degrees form a major triad. The harmonic major scale has a minor sixth. It differs from the harmonic minor scale only by raising the third degree. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> There are two scales that go by the name melodic major scale: The first is the fifth mode of the jazz minor scale, which can be thought of as the major scale (Ionian mode) with a lowered sixth and seventh degree or the natural minor scale (Aeolian mode) with