F-sharp major

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F# major

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F♯ major is a major scale based on F♯, consisting of the pitches F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E# (enharmonic to F natural) and F#. 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. 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♯ major. Also, the final bars of Sergei Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto are in this key.

Well-known songs in this key

Hypnotize - System Of A Down
Girls Just Want To Have Fun (song) - 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
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
American Idol theme

Diatonic Scales and Keys

Sharps Flats
major minor major minor
0 C (major), A (minor)
1 G E F D
2 D B B♭ G
3 A F♯ E♭ C
4 E C♯ A♭ F
5 B G♯ D♭ B♭
6 F♯ D♯ G♭ E♭
7 C♯ A♯ C♭ A♭

lower case letters in the circle of fifths are minor
the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale

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