F Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of F Major
🐒 Here's an agile
F major
scale
reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard,
intervals, scale degrees,
diatonic chords and
common chord progressions in
F major.
🎸 You'll also find the
F major scale on the guitar fretboard.
The F major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B♭, C, D and E. Its relative minor is D minor.
The key signature for the F major scale has only 1 flat: B♭.
The key of F major is closely related to the key of B♭ major and the key of C major.
→ go to all major & minor scales
The notes of the F major scale are
F,
G,
A,
B♭,
C,
D
and
E
The relative minor of the F major
scale is
D
minor
F major scale piano layout & finger position
Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the F major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the F major scale up and down:
- F
- G
- A
- B♭
- C
- D
- E
- F
D
E
F
C
D
E
F
left hand
right hand
F Major Scale on Guitar
🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the F major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:
You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the F major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):
Chords in the key of F major
(F major diatonic
chords)
The diatonic chords in the key of F major are: F major, G minor, A minor, B♭ major, C major, D minor and E diminished
Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.
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Common chord progressions in the key of F major
Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of F major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:
Toggle F major scale intervals & scale degrees
| degrees | notes | intervals |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Tonic | F | Unison |
| 2: Supertonic | G | Major 2nd |
| 3: Mediant | A | Major 3rd |
| 4: Subdominant | B♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5: Dominant | C | Perfect 5th |
| 6: Submediant | D | Major 6th |
| 7: Leading Tone | E | Major 7th |
| 1: Octave/Tonic | F | Perfect 8th |
Popular Songs in the Key of F Major
- Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe
- The Scientist by Coldplay
- Blank Space by Taylor Swift
- Free Fallin' by Tom Petty
- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon
- Vision of Love by Mariah Carey
- Janie's Got a Gun by Aerosmith
- 21 guns by Green Day
- We are the Champions by Queen
- I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen
Major scale formula
🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:
- W-W-H-W-W-W-H
W = Whole step H = Half step
go to a different major or minor scale:
C majorC♯ majorD♭ majorD majorE♭ majorE majorF♯ majorG♭ majorG majorA♭ majorA majorB♭ majorB majorC♭ major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
