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F♯ major

Also written G♭ major: the same keys on the piano.

F♯ major has 6 sharps (F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯ and E♯). Its scale is F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯, its chords are F♯, G♯m, A♯m, B, C♯, D♯m and E♯dim, and its relative minor is D♯ minor.

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Opens the free editor with a pop beat on F♯ C♯ D♯m B. No account needed to start.

The F♯ major scale

Whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half: the half steps come between A♯ and B, and between E♯ and F♯.

F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯

BE♯F♯G♯A♯C♯D♯F♯

On the piano, F♯ major uses 5 black keys (F♯, G♯, A♯, C♯ and D♯) and 2 white keys (B and E♯). E♯ is played on the F key.

The notes of F♯ major by scale degree
DegreeNoteName
1F♯Tonic
2G♯Supertonic
3A♯Mediant
4BSubdominant
5C♯Dominant
6D♯Submediant
7E♯Leading tone

Chords in F♯ major

One chord on each note of the scale, built from the scale’s own notes. The Roman numeral says which note it starts on: capitals are major, small letters minor.

IF♯
iiG♯m
iiiA♯m
IVB
VC♯
viD♯m
vii°E♯dim

Which chords sound happy or sad

Bright

F♯ B C♯

I, IV, V. The major chords. F♯ feels like home; C♯ pulls back to it.

Softer, sadder

G♯m A♯m D♯m

ii, iii, vi. The minor chords. D♯m is the sad turn in many pop songs.

Tense

E♯dim

vii°. Diminished: tense and unstable, it wants to move on, usually to F♯.

A progression in F♯ major

The pop progression · I–V–vi–IV
F♯
C♯
D♯m
B
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More progressions in F♯ major

Key signature and related keys

Key signature

6 sharps: F♯ C♯ G♯ D♯ A♯ E♯ (or 6 flats: B♭ E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ C♭)

Written at the start of every line of music, so each F, C, G, D, A and E is played sharp. Sharps join in the order F C G D A E B, and flats in the order B E A D G C F.

Relative minor

D♯ minor

The same seven notes and key signature, starting on D♯.

Parallel minor

F♯ minor

The same home note, with 3 sharps. Borrowing a chord from it makes a part sound darker.

Next to it on the circle of fifths

Keys next to each other share six of their seven notes. See them all on the circle of fifths.

F♯ major in beats

None of the editor’s genre starters is written in F♯ major, so the beat above plays its chords over lo-fi, pop, trap, house or drill drums. Set the editor’s project key to F♯ major and the chords and parts you add next follow it.

Questions about F♯ major

How many sharps are in F♯ major?

Six: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯ and E♯. Those notes are played sharp every time, so the key signature has 6 sharps, and D♯ minor, its relative minor, has the same. The same notes can also be written as G♭ major, with six flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭ and C♭.

What is the relative minor of F♯ major?

D♯ minor. It uses the same seven notes and the same key signature as F♯ major, but starts on D♯, the sixth note of the scale. The two share every chord, which is why songs move between them so easily.

What chords are in F♯ major?

F♯, G♯m, A♯m, B, C♯, D♯m and E♯dim: one built on each note of the scale (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii°). F♯, B and C♯ are the three major chords most songs in F♯ major lean on, and D♯m (vi) gives a sadder turn.

What is the most common chord progression in F♯ major?

I–V–vi–IV: F♯, C♯, D♯m and B. It is behind hundreds of hit songs, and it is the one the beat on this page plays.

Every key

Major keys
C majorG majorD majorA majorE majorB majorF♯ majorD♭ majorA♭ majorE♭ majorB♭ majorF major
Minor keys
A minorE minorB minorF♯ minorC♯ minorG♯ minorD♯ minorB♭ minorF minorC minorG minorD minor

Build a song in F♯ major

Start with the beat, then add chords, a melody and your voice in the editor, part by part.

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