F-sharp major

American  

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

Or F♯ major

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 middle piece of this ballad is in F-sharp major, the original key of the whole being B major, and there is a very pretty and reposeful melodic effect.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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 Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

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 Franz Liszt by Huneker, James