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F-sharp major

F-sharp major is a major scale based on F-sharp, consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B, C, D, and E. Its key signature has six sharps.

Its relative minor is D minor, and its parallel minor is F minor. Its enharmonic equivalent is G major.

F-sharp major is the key of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, op. 78 and of Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony.

In a few scores, the F-sharp major key signature in the bass clef is written with the sharp for the A on the top line.

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