F minor
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| Relative key | A♭ major | |
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| Parallel key | F major | |
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| F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F | ||
F minor is a minor scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A-flat, B-flat, C, D-flat, E-flat and F. (natural minor scale.) Its key signature consists of four flats.
Its relative key is A-flat major, and its parallel major is F major.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. To create F minor's harmonic scale the seventh note is raised one semitone to E natural.
F minor is a key often associated with passion. Two famous pieces in the key of F minor are Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, and Haydn's Symphony No. 49 in F minor, La Passione.
[edit] Well-known classical compositions in this key
- Romance in F minor - Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- Ballade No. 4 - Frédéric Chopin
[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key
- 2+2=5 - Radiohead
- Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
- Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson
- Beverly Hills Cop Theme - Axel F
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
- Cantaloop - Us3 (contains samples of Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock, also in F Minor)
- Children - Robert Miles
- Come Back - J. Geils Band
- Dammit I Changed Again - The Offspring
- Dream On - Aerosmith
- Ea, Lord of the Depths - Burzum
- Fixing a Hole - The Beatles (the "silly people" section leading up to the next verse is in F major)
- Frozen - Madonna
- Genie in a Bottle - Christina Aguilera
- Getaway - Earth Wind & Fire
- Gone Away - The Offspring
- Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- Hands - Jewel Kilcher
- Holiday - Green Day
- Just The Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr.
- Kevin Carter - Manic Street Preachers
- Michelle - The Beatles
- Nature's Law - Embrace
- Octavarium - Dream Theater
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service theme song - Monty Norman Orchestra
- Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
- Politik - Coldplay
- Rise - Herb Alpert
- Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- Song 2 - Blur
- Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
- This Masquerade - Carpenters
- The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
- V: The Final Battle theme
- Valleri - The Monkees
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