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F major is the home key of the English horn, the basset horn, the horn in F, the trumpet in F and the bass Wagner tuba. Thus, music in F major for these transposing instruments is written in C major. These instruments sound a perfect fifth lower than written, with the exception of the trumpet in F which sounds a fourth higher.
In the key of C major, these would be: D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, and C minor. Despite being three sharps or flats away from the original key in the circle of fifths, parallel keys are also considered as closely related keys as the tonal center is the same, and this makes this key have an affinity with the original key.
For orchestration of piano music, some theorists recommend transposing the music to F major or G major. If F-sharp major must be used, one should take care that B♭ wind instruments be notated in A-flat major , rather than G-sharp major (or E♮/B♮ instruments used instead, giving a transposed key of D major /G major).
Étude Op. 10, No. 8 in F major is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. This work follows on from No. 7 as being primarily another work concerned with counterpoint . In this case, however, the principal melody is in the left hand, the secondary being embedded in the arpeggios of the right hand.
24 Preludes and Scales piano 1855 C5* [y] [71] Charles-Valentin Alkan: 12 Études in all the minor keys, Op. 39 piano 1857 [aq] These complete the sequence that was started with the 12 Études in all the major keys, Op. 35. Études 4–7 comprise the Symphony for Solo Piano, and Études 8–10 make up the Concerto for Solo Piano. Carl Czerny
Enigmatic scale on C [1] (Play ⓘ) Descending enigmatic scale on C [2] [3] is distinguished by F ♮, a lowered fourth degree.(Play ⓘ)The enigmatic scale (Italian: scala enigmatica) is an unusual musical scale, with elements of both major and minor scales, as well as the whole-tone scale.
E ♯ is commonly found before F ♯ in the same measure in pieces where F ♯ is in the key signature, in order to represent a diatonic, rather than a chromatic semitone; writing an F ♮ with a following F ♯ is regarded as a chromatic alteration of one scale degree. Though E ♯ and F ♮ sound the same in any 12-tone temperament, other ...
After a minute of the fugato, the orchestra returns, playing the melody in the high winds. The orchestra builds on the main melody while the piano plays scales and tremolos, which lead into a few lines of chords and octaves by the piano, with the main theme finally resurfacing and bringing the movement to a close. Andante