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<h2 id="designation-by-octave">Designation by octave</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Scientific_pitch_notation/rq2QnnyE">Scientific</a> designation</th><th><a href="/facts/Helmholtz_pitch_notation/Meswdb5g">Helmholtz</a> designation</th><th>Octave name</th><th>Frequency (Hz)</th><th><a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a> note number</th></tr><tr><td>F−1</td><td>F͵͵͵ or ͵͵͵F or FFFF</td><td>Octocontra</td><td>10.913</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>F0</td><td>F͵͵ or ͵͵F or FFF</td><td>Subcontra</td><td>21.827</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>F1</td><td>F͵ or ͵F or FF</td><td>Contra</td><td>43.654</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>F2</td><td>F</td><td>Great</td><td>87.307</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>F3</td><td>f</td><td>Small</td><td>174.614</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>F4</td><td>f′</td><td>One-lined</td><td>349.228</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>F5</td><td>f′′</td><td>Two-lined</td><td>698.456</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>F6</td><td>f′′′</td><td>Three-lined</td><td>1396.913</td><td>89</td></tr><tr><td>F7</td><td>f′′′′</td><td>Four-lined</td><td>2793.826</td><td>101</td></tr><tr><td>F8</td><td>f′′′′′</td><td>Five-lined</td><td>5587.652</td><td>113</td></tr><tr><td>F9</td><td>f′′′′′′</td><td>Six-lined</td><td>11175.303</td><td>125</td></tr><tr><td>F10</td><td>f′′′′′′′</td><td>Seven-lined</td><td>22350.607</td><td>N/A</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="scales">Scales</h2> <h3>Common scales beginning on F</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/F_major/hSP9tBgs">F major</a>: F G A B♭ C D E F</li> <li><a href="/facts/F_minor/JqsS5mbQ">F natural minor</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Minor_scale/MedkQtlE">harmonic minor</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Minor_scale/MedkQtlE">melodic minor</a> ascending: F G A♭ B♭ C D E F</li> <li>F melodic minor descending: F E♭ D♭ C B♭ A♭ G F</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Diatonic_scale/ejXSu379">Diatonic scales</a></h3> <ul><li>F <a href="/facts/Ionian_mode/RoGcJlev">Ionian</a>: F G A B♭ C D E F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Dorian_mode/NGgY3fAL">Dorian</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Phrygian_mode/Gra4clxq">Phrygian</a>: F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Lydian_mode/asNTqs5J">Lydian</a>: F G A B C D E F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Mixolydian_mode/4CmY3oSv">Mixolydian</a>: F G A B♭ C D E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Aeolian_mode/PknDoBfA">Aeolian</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Locrian_mode/gpfX6aj7">Locrian</a>: F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Jazz_scale/IExg49af">Jazz melodic minor</a></h3> <ul><li>F <a href="/facts/Jazz_minor_scale/VhjBc6Hq">ascending melodic minor</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C D E F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Dorian_%25E2%2599%25AD2_scale/qcM32PFG">Dorian ♭2</a>: F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Lydian_augmented_scale/5m4kYHGQ">Lydian augmented</a>: F G A B C♯ D E F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Lydian_dominant_scale/q9YUw8Eb">Lydian dominant</a>: F G A B C D E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Aeolian_dominant_scale/XnxwMAGH">Mixolydian ♭6</a>: F G A B♭ C D♭ E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Half_diminished_scale/wl7CM6nx">Locrian ♮2</a>: F G A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F</li> <li>F <a href="/facts/Altered_scale/jbfCIuQe">altered</a>: F G♭ A♭ B C♭ D♭ E♭ F</li></ul> <h2 id="e-sharp">E-sharp</h2> <p>E♯ (<a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>: <i>Eis</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> is a common <a href="/facts/Enharmonic/lSwDb7JN">enharmonic</a> equivalent of F, but is not regarded as the same note. E♯ is commonly found before F♯ in the same measure in pieces where F♯ is in the <a href="/facts/Key_signature/Pz4Gkn9N">key signature</a>, in order to represent a diatonic, rather than a chromatic semitone; writing an F♮ with a following F♯ is regarded as a chromatic alteration of one scale degree. Though E♯ and F♮ sound the same in any 12-tone temperament, other <a href="/facts/Musical_tuning/v5Q1kYxC">tunings</a> may define them as distinct pitches. </p> <h3>Sources</h3> <ul><li>Demorest, Steven M. (2001). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8zAIcx-t2koC&pg=PA46"><i>Building Choral Excellence: Teaching Sight-Singing in the Choral Rehearsal</i></a>. New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-19-512462-0.</li> <li>Griffiths, Paul (7 October 2004). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=04vDuG_pElwC"><i>The Penguin Companion to Classical Music</i></a>. Penguin UK. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780141909769.</li> <li>Zundel, John (1848). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IrgsAAAAYAAJ"><i>The Complete Melodeon Instructor, in Seven Parts: Designed as a Thorough Instruction Book for the Melodeon, Seraphine, Eolican, Melopean, Organ, Or Any Similar Instrument</i></a>. O. Ditson.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Piano_key_frequencies/lRaf1MAS">Piano key frequencies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/F_major/hSP9tBgs">F major</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/F_minor/JqsS5mbQ">F minor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Root_(chord)/BzI7uzCG">Root (chord)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Demorest (2001, p. 46) - Demorest, Steven M. (2001). Building Choral Excellence: Teaching Sight-Singing in the Choral Rehearsal. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512462-0. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8zAIcx-t2koC&pg=PA46" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=8zAIcx-t2koC&pg=PA46</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Griffiths (2004, p. 617) - Griffiths, Paul (7 October 2004). The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780141909769. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=04vDuG_pElwC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=04vDuG_pElwC</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Zundel (1848, p. 24) - Zundel, John (1848). The Complete Melodeon Instructor, in Seven Parts: Designed as a Thorough Instruction Book for the Melodeon, Seraphine, Eolican, Melopean, Organ, Or Any Similar Instrument. O. Ditson. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IrgsAAAAYAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=IrgsAAAAYAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Suits, B. H. (1998). "Physics of Music Notes - Scales: Just vs Equal Temperament". MTU.edu. Michigan Technological University. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231127155251/https://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/scales.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20231127155251/https://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/scales.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Griffiths (2004, p. 399) - Griffiths, Paul (7 October 2004). The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780141909769. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=04vDuG_pElwC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=04vDuG_pElwC</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>