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B-flat minor

B-flat minor

Minor scale based on B-flat

B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B♭, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, and A♭. Its key signature has five flats. Its relative major is D-flat major and its parallel major is B-flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent, A-sharp minor, which would contain seven sharps, is not normally used.

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The B-flat natural minor scale is:

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

Scale degree chords

Characteristics

B-flat minor is traditionally a 'dark' key.[1]

The old valveless horn was barely capable of playing in B-flat minor: the only example found in 18th-century music is a modulation that occurs in the first minuet of Franz Krommer's Concertino in D major, Op. 80.[2]

Notable classical compositions

See also: List of symphonies in B-flat minor

References

  1. [1]
    Wilfrid Mellers, "Round and About in Górecki's Symphony No. 3" Tempo 168 3 (1989): 23
  2. [2]
    J. Murray Barbour, Trumpets, Horns, and Music (1964), p. 163
  3. [3]
    Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  4. [4]
    Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. [5]
    Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  6. [6]
    Preludes, Op.28 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  7. [7]
    Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Tchaikovsky): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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