F major

[ef may-jer]

noun

1. Music.,  the key that has F as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having one flat.

Example Sentences

Thus Mozart’s “Rondo in F Major” found a convivial next-door neighbor in the younger Bach’s “Rondo for Keyboard in D Minor.”

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“It’s Clara Schumann’s Notturno in F major,” Galatea replies from the piano, her eyes still closed.

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This is an example of F Major Pentatonic in the folk song “Great Big House.”

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Looking at Figure 6.10, you can see that the Lydian mode starts on an F. The key of F major would have a B flat, but in the mode this is raised one half step, to B natural.

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Any musician interested in auditioning for the band is asked to submit a “two-minute prepared musical piece of their choosing, a recording of required audition sheet music provided via the application link, and a recording of 2-octave F major and B-flat major scales by May 23rd.”

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