C-flat major

C♭ major
Relative keyA♭ minor
Parallel keyC-flat minor
enharmonic:
B minor
Dominant key
Subdominant
Notes in this scale
C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭

C-flat major (or the key of C-flat) is a major scale based on C♭, containing the pitches C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, and B♭. Its key signature has seven flats. B major, a key signature with five sharps, is the enharmonic equivalent of C-flat major. C-flat major is usually not used because it uses several flats. B major is normally used instead, because it only uses five sharps.

The C-flat major scale is:

{ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \key ces \major \time 7/4 ces4 des es fes ges aes bes ces bes aes ges fes es des ces2 \clef bass \key ces \major } }

References

  1. ↑ "B Major and C Flat Major Scales". Piano Music Theory. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2020.