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
D-flat major the G pedal in the natural position, whereas there is no double-sharp position in which to put the F pedal for G-sharp major). Hector Berlioz called this key "majestic" in his 1856 "Grand Traité d'Instrumentation et d'Orchestration modernes", while having a much different opinion of its enharmonic counterpart. Despite this, when he came to orchestrate Carl Maria von Weber's piano piece "Invitation to the Dance" in 1841, he transposed it from D-flat to D major, to give the strings a more manageable key and to produce a brighter sound. Charles-Marie Widor considered D-flat major to be the best key for