F sharp major

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F# major

Relative key	D♯ minor
Parallel key	F♯ minor
Component pitches
F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯

F sharp major is a major scale based on F sharp, consisting of the pitches F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp (enharmonic to F natural) and F sharp. Its key signature consists of six sharps.

Its relative minor is D sharp minor, and its parallel minor is F sharp minor. Its enharmonic equivalent is G flat major.

Domenico Scarlatti wrote just two keyboard sonatas in this key, K. 318 and K. 319. He did not use C♯ major, with one more (7 total) sharps, at any time in his sonatas. Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 (though there are some inner movements of other symphonies that are in this key) is the only symphony in standard repertoire that is written mostly in this key. Two of Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonatas, No. 4 and No. 5, are in F sharp major. Also, the final bars of Sergei Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto are in this key. Other well known pieces in this key are "Va Pensiero" from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi and "Dunque e Proprio Finito" from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini.

[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key

• All Star - Smash Mouth
• All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
• American Idol theme
• Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys^{[citation needed]}
• Believe - Cher
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
• How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
• Hypnotize - System of a Down
• Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) - John Mellencamp
• Learn To Be Still - Eagles
• Like A Virgin - Madonna
• The Musical Box - Genesis
• Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
• Save Me (theme from Smallville) - Remy Zero
• I'm No Superman (Theme from Scrubs) - Lazlo Bane
• Watcher of the Skies - Genesis
• YMCA - The Village People

[edit] External links

• F Sharp Major - Free F Sharp Major Scale Print Out with Arpeggios and Broken Chords for Piano with Fingering

Diatonic Scales and Keys
	Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 C (Major), a (minor) 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c♯ 5 D♭ b♭ B g♯ 6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯ 7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯
lower case letters are minor the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale