F-flat major
tonality
F-flat major is a major scale based on F-flat. Its key signature has six flats and one double flat.[1]
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| Relative key | D♭ minor | |
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| Parallel key | F♭ minor enharmonic: E minor | |
| Dominant key | ||
| Subdominant | ||
| Notes in this scale | ||
F♭, G♭, A♭, B , C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭
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Its relative minor is D-flat minor, and its parallel minor is F-flat minor, usually replaced by E minor.
Part of Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen uses F flat major, which one commentator has called "a bitter enharmonic parody" of the earlier manifestations of E major in the piece.[2]
To make reading and writing music easier, F-flat major is usually written as its enharmonic equivalent of E major.
References
change- ↑ Nicolas Slonimsky (1960). The Road to Music. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co. p. 16.
- ↑ Gilliam, Bryan (1998). Richard Strauss: New Perspectives on the Composer and His Work. Duke University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-8223-2114-9.