F-sharp major
tonality
F-sharp major is a major scale based on F♯, consisting of the pitches F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, and E♯. Its key signature has six sharps. Its relative minor is D-sharp minor and its parallel minor is F-sharp minor. Its direct enharmonic, G-flat major, contains the same number of flats in its key signature as the number of sharps in F-sharp major.
The natural F-sharp major scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The F-sharp harmonic major and melodic major scales are:
Scale degree chords
The scale degree chords of F-sharp major are:
Tonic – F-sharp major
Supertonic – G-sharp minor
Mediant – A-sharp minor
Subdominant – B major
Dominant – C-sharp major
Submediant – D-sharp minor
Leading tone – E-sharp diminished
Music in F-sharp major
F-sharp major is the key of the minuets in Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony and of the String Quartet No. 5 from his Op. 76, of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 24, Op. 78, Verdi's "Va, pensiero" from Nabucco, Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, Korngold's Symphony Op.
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