F-sharp major

American  

[ef shahrp may-jer] / ˈɛf ˌʃɑrp ˈmeɪ dʒər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has F sharp as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having six sharps.

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Example Sentences

The tinny limitations of the piano’s high register didn’t do Chopin’s Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op.

From Washington Post

The touching entreaty of the Kyrie, the beginning of the Gloria with its fabulously pictorial effect, the F-sharp major part of the Credo are beauties of a high order.

From Project Gutenberg

All the 'cellos, dolce e sostenuto, sing the second theme in the rich key of F-sharp major, the closing phrases answered by the wood-wind; while the pianoforte supports them with coloristic, arabesque-like broken chords containing a melodic pattern of their own.

From Project Gutenberg

At the Allegro non troppo after the trill, we find a variant of the first theme for the 'cellos and basses in F-sharp major, e.g.,

From Project Gutenberg

For there is a first portion, with a main theme in F-sharp major, and a second theme—the new melody—in D major; the passage for pianoforte in E-flats major stands for the development, and the movement concludes with a distinct third portion, both first and second theme being in the home key.

From Project Gutenberg