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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.

Image:F-sharp Major Scale.PNG

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. No other of his sonatas is in a sharper key. The only symphony in this key in the standard repertoire might be Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 (though there are some inner movements of other symphonies that are 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 songs in this key

• Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys ^{[citation needed]}
• YMCA - The Village People
• Hypnotize - System of a Down
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
• When I Come Around - Green Day
• Superman (Theme from Scrubs) - Lazlo Bane
• All Star - Smash Mouth
• All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
• Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) - John Mellencamp
• Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
• Like A Virgin - Madonna
• American Idol theme
• The Musical Box - Genesis
• Watcher of the Skies - Genesis
• Save Me (theme from Smallville) - Remy Zero
• How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
• Manila - Hotdog

Diatonic Scales and Keys
Image:Circle of fifths.svg	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

de:Fis-Dur

es:Fa sostenido mayor ja:嬰ヘ長調 pl:Fis-dur ru:Фа-диез мажор vi:Fa thăng trưởng

[edit] External links

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