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A major and F minor are relative keys.True or False?

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A major and F minor are not relative keys; A major's relative minor is F sharp minor, while F minor's relative major is A-flat major.

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False. A major and F minor are not relative keys. In music theory, relative keys are pairs of major and minor scales that share the same key signature but have different root notes. For instance, C major and A minor are relative keys because they both have no sharps or flats in their key signature. A major, with three sharps in its key signature, is actually relative to F¹ minor (F sharp minor), not F minor. F minor has four flats in its key signature and therefore its relative major is A-flat major.

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