F-flat major

F-flat major (or the key of F-flat) is a key based on F♭, consisting of the pitches F♭, G♭, A♭, B♭♭, C♭, D♭, and E♭. Its key signature has eight flats, requiring one double flat and six single flats. Because F-flat major requires eight flats, including a B, it is almost always notated as its enharmonic equivalent of E major, with four sharps. The same is true of the relative minor of D-flat minor, usually replaced by C-sharp minor. F-flat minor, the parallel minor, would be replaced by E minor, since F-flat minor requires four double-flats.

The F-flat major scale is:

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = elative f' { \key fes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature fes^"F♭ natural major scale" ges as beses ces des es fes es des ces beses as ges fes2 \clef F \key fes \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The F-flat harmonic major and melodic major scales are:

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = elative f' { \key fes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature fes^"F♭ harmonic major scale" ges as beses ces deses es fes es deses! ces beses as ges fes2 } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = elative f' { \key fes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature fes^"F♭ melodic major scale (ascending and descending)" ges as beses ces des es fes eses deses ces beses as ges fes2 } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

The scale-degree chords of F-flat major are: