The note F-flat is enharmonically equivalent to E natural. It is, however, lower in pitch, F-flat being a perfect fifth below C-flat, whereas E natural being a major third above C.
F-flat major is a major scale based on F-flat, consisting of the pitches F-flat, G-flat, A-flat, B-double flat, C-flat, D-flat, E-flat and F-flat. Its key signature has eight flats.
Its relative minor is C-flat minor, and its parallel minor is F-flat minor, usually replaced by G minor.
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