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B minor

Minor scale based on B

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

{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key b \minor s16 \clef F \key b \minor s^"" } B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major.

The B natural minor scale is:

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B natural minor scale" cis d e fis g a b a g fis e d cis b2 \clef F \key b \minor } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } }

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

\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B harmonic minor scale" cis d e fis g ais b ais g fis e d cis b2 } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" cis d e fis gis ais b a! g! fis e d cis b2 } \score { { } \layout { } \midi { } } Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791) regarded B minor as a key expressing a quiet acceptance of fate and very gentle complaint, something commentators find to be in line with Bach's use of the key in his St John Passion. By the end of the Baroque era, however, conventional academic views of B minor had shifted: Composer-theorist Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819) opined that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste. Beethoven labelled a B-minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key".

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of B minor are:

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

Notable compositions in B minor

Please only add compositions that are notable for being in B minor.

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Mass in B minor
- Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067
- Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
- French Suite No. 3, BWV 814
- Partita for Violin No. 1, BWV 1002
- Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Bagatelle Op. 126/4
Alban Berg
- Piano sonata, Op. 1
Johannes Brahms
- Ballade (Intermezzo) Op. 10/3
- Rhapsody Op. 79/1
- Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
- Intermezzo Op. 119/1
Alexander Borodin
- Symphony No. 2
Frédéric Chopin
- Scherzo No. 1, Op. 20
- Étude, Op. 25, No. 10
- Prelude in B minor "Tolling Bells", Op. 28, No. 6
- Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58
- Mazurka Op. 30/2
- Mazurka, Op. 33/4
- Waltz, Op. 69, No. 2
Antonín Dvořák
- Cello Concerto, Op. 104
Edward Elgar
- Violin Concerto
César Franck
- Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
Joseph Haydn
- String Quartet, Op. 33/1
- String Quartet, Op. 64/2
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 89
Franz Liszt
- Piano Sonata, S. 178
- Ballade No. 2, S. 171
Felix Mendelssohn
- String Symphony No. 10 in B minor, MWV N 10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Adagio, K. 540
Niccolò Paganini
- Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Moments musicaux No. 3, Op. 16
- Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10
- Études-Tableaux No. 4 in B minor, Op. 39
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61
Domenico Scarlatti
- 12 of his 555 piano sonatas: K 27, 87, 173, 197, 227, 293, 376, 377, 408, 409, 497, 498
Franz Schubert
- Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D. 759
- Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, D. 895
Alexander Scriabin
- Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Pezzo capriccioso
- Manfred Symphony
- Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), Op. 74
Georg Philipp Telemann
- 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute: Nos. 3 and 9
- Sonata for two flutes or violins No. 5
Antonio Vivaldi
- Trio Sonata Op. 1/11
- Violin Sonata, Op. 2/5
- Concerto for violin Op. 3/10
- Violin Sonata, Op. 5/4
- Violin Concerto for four violins Op. 9/12

Notable songs

References

Notes Sources

See also Francesco Galeazzi, The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music, Parts III and IV; English translation, with introduction and commentary, by Deborah Burton and Gregory W. Harwood (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2012); .

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