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B-flat minor

Minor scale based on B-flat

Field	Value
name	B-flat minor{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key bes \minor s16 \clef F \key bes \minor s^"" }
relative	D-flat major
parallel	B-flat major
dominant	F minor
subdominant	E-flat minor
enharmonic	A-sharp minor
first_pitch	B
second_pitch	C
third_pitch	D
fourth_pitch	E
fifth_pitch	F
sixth_pitch	G
seventh_pitch	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:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ natural minor scale" c des es f ges as bes as ges f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ harmonic minor scale" c des es f ges a bes a! ges f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" c des es f g a bes as? ges? f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of B-flat minor are:

Tonic – B-flat minor
Supertonic – C diminished
Mediant – D-flat major
Subdominant – E-flat minor
Dominant – F minor
Submediant – G-flat major
Subtonic – A-flat major

Characteristics

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

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.

Notable classical compositions

Charles-Valentin Alkan
- Prelude Op. 31, No. 12 (Le temps qui n'est plus)
- Symphony for Solo Piano, 3rd movement: Menuet
Samuel Barber
- Adagio for Strings
Frédéric Chopin
- Piano Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March"
- Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1
- Scherzo No. 2
- Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 "Hades"
- Mazurka Op. 24, No. 4
Franz Liszt
- Transcendental Étude No. 12 (Chasse-neige) from Transcendental Études
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
Alexander Scriabin
- Études Op. 8: No. 11 in B-flat minor --
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar")
- String Quartet No. 13, Op. 138
Richard Strauss
- An Alpine Symphony begins and ends in B-flat minor.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Marche slave
William Walton
- Symphony No. 1
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Tombeau sur la Mort de Compte d'Logy --

References

[[Wilfrid Mellers]], "Round and About in Górecki's Symphony No. 3" ''[[Tempo (journal). Tempo]]'' '''168''' 3 (1989): 23
J. Murray Barbour, ''Trumpets, Horns, and Music'' (1964), p. 163
{{IMSLP. Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35 (Chopin, Frédéric)
{{IMSLP. Nocturnes, Op.9 (Chopin, Frédéric)
{{IMSLP. Scherzo No.2, Op.31 (Chopin, Frédéric)
{{IMSLP. Preludes, Op.28 (Chopin, Frédéric)
{{IMSLP. Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

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