B-flat minor

B-flat minor
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Relative keyD-flat major
Parallel keyB-flat major
Dominant keyF minor
Subdominant keyE-flat minor
Enharmonic keyA-sharp minor
Component pitches
B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭

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.

The B-flat natural minor scale is:

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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:

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Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of B-flat minor are:

Characteristics

B-flat minor is traditionally a 'dark' key.

The old natural 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.

Notable classical compositions

References

  1. ↑ Wilfrid Mellers, "Round and About in Górecki's Symphony No. 3" Tempo 168 3 (1989): 23
  2. ↑ J. Murray Barbour, Trumpets, Horns, and Music (1964), p. 163, Michigan State University Press LCCN 63-18488 OCLC 564041
  3. ↑ Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  4. ↑ Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. ↑ Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  6. ↑ Preludes, Op. 28 (Chopin): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  7. ↑ Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Tchaikovsky): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project