F minor is a minor scale based on F, consisting of the pitches F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, and E♭. Its key signature consists of four flats. Its relative major is A-flat major and its parallel major is F major.
The F natural minor scale is
{{Infobox scale { \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \set Staff.keyAlterations = #`((3 . ,DOUBLE-SHARP)(0 . ,SHARP)(4 . ,SHARP)(1 . ,SHARP)(-2 . ,SHARP)(2 . ,SHARP)(-1 . ,SHARP)) s^"" } { \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \set Staff.keyAlterations = #`((3 . ,SHARP)(0 . ,SHARP)(4 . ,SHARP)(1 . ,SHARP)(-2 . ,SHARP)(2 . ,SHARP)(-1 . ,SHARP)(3 . ,DOUBLE-SHARP)) s^"" } }} E-sharp minor is a key based on the musical noteE, consisting of the pitches E♯, F, G♯, A♯, B♯, C♯ and D♯. Its key signature has eightsharps, requiring one double sharp and six single sharps. Because E-sharp minor requires eight sharps, including the F, it is almost always notated as its enharmonic equivalent of F minor, with four flats. The E-sharp natural minor scale is: {{block indent| \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key eis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature eis^"E♯ natural minor scale" fisis gis ais bis cis dis eis dis cis bis ais gis fisis eis2 \clef F \key eis \minor } \score { { > } \layout { } \midi { } } }} Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The E-sharp harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are: {{block indent| \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \key eis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature eis^"E♯ harmonic minor scale" fisis gis ais bis cis disis eis disis! cis bis ais gis fisis eis2 } \score { { > } \layout { } \midi { } } }} {{block indent| \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative f' { \accidentalStyle modern \key eis \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature eis^"E♯ melodic minor scale" fisis gis ais bis cisis disis eis dis? cis? bis ais gis fisis eis2 } \score { { > } \layout { } \midi { } } }} The scale-degree chords of E-sharp minor are: • Tonic – E-sharp minor • Supertonic – F-double-sharp diminished • Mediant – G-sharp major • Subdominant – A-sharp minor • Dominant – B-sharp minor • Submediant – C-sharp major • Subtonic – D-sharp major Although E-sharp minor is usually notated as F minor, it could be used on a local level, such as bars 17 to 22 in Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 848. (E-sharp minor is the mediant minor key of C-sharp major.) In tuning systems where the number of notes per octave is not a multiple of 12, notes such as E and F are not enharmonically equivalent, nor are the corresponding key signatures. These tunings can produce keys with no analogue in 12-tone equal temperament, which can require double sharps, double flats, or microtonal alterations in key signatures. For example, the key of E-sharp minor, with eight sharps, is equivalent to F minor in 12-tone equal temperament, but in 19-tone equal temperament, it is equivalent to F-flat minor instead, with 11 flats. == See also ==