F major

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F major is a musical key characterized by one flat in its key signature and a warm, pastoral sound commonly used in classical and popular music.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
F major canonical 3
F major (commonly cited key) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major key
musical key
characterization pastoral
warm
commonAssociation nature
pastoral scenes
serenity
commonlyUsedIn classical music
popular music
commonTimeSignatures 3/4
4/4
6/8
diatonicChordCount 7
dominantKey C major
dominantTriad C–E–G
enharmonicEquivalent none
flatInKeySignature B♭
intervalPattern whole–whole–half–whole–whole–whole–half
keySignature one flat
leadingTone E
mediantKey A minor
mode Ionian
notableWorkInKey Brandenburg Concertos
surface form: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
surface form: Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459
numberOfAccidentals 1 flat
parallelMinor F minor
pitchClassSet {F, G, A, B♭, C, D, E}
relativeMinor D minor
scaleDegrees F G A B♭ C D E
scaleType diatonic
subdominantKey B♭ major
subdominantTriad B♭–D–F
submediantKey D minor
tonicNote F
tonicTriad F–A–C
typicalOpeningChord F major triad
usedByComposer Franz Schubert
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
usedFor chamber music
church music
film music
folk music
orchestral music
vocal music

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feed the Birds hasKey F major
this entity surface form: F major (commonly cited key)
Canal Street Blues hasKey F major
Satin Doll hasKey F major