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class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/4/d/4dsoldnj41aa9juj8j2bqhtkpe9g43q/4dsoldnj.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/4/d/4dsoldnj41aa9juj8j2bqhtkpe9g43q/4dsoldnj.png" width="183" height="77" alt="{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key b \minor s16 \clef F \key b \minor s^"" }" /></div></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Relative_key" title="Relative key">Relative key</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D_major" title="D major">D major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Parallel_key" title="Parallel key">Parallel key</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B_major" title="B major">B major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Dominant_key" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominant key">Dominant key</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/F-sharp_minor" title="F-sharp minor">F-sharp minor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Subdominant" title="Subdominant">Subdominant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E_minor" title="E minor">E minor</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: palegoldenrod;">Component pitches</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">B, C<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span>, D, E, F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span>, G, A</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>B minor</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Minor_scale" title="Minor scale">minor scale</a> based on <a href="/wiki/B_(musical_note)" title="B (musical note)">B</a>, consisting of the pitches B, <a href="/wiki/C%E2%99%AF_(musical_note)" title="C♯ (musical note)">C<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span></a>, <a href="/wiki/D_(musical_note)" title="D (musical note)">D</a>, <a href="/wiki/E_(musical_note)" title="E (musical note)">E</a>, <a href="/wiki/F%E2%99%AF_(musical_note)" title="F♯ (musical note)">F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span></a>, <a href="/wiki/G_(musical_note)" title="G (musical note)">G</a>, and <a href="/wiki/A_(musical_note)" title="A (musical note)">A</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Key_signature" title="Key signature">key signature</a> has two <a href="/wiki/Sharp_(music)" title="Sharp (music)">sharps</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Relative_key" title="Relative key">relative major</a> is <a href="/wiki/D_major" title="D major">D major</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Parallel_key" title="Parallel key">parallel major</a> is <a href="/wiki/B_major" title="B major">B major</a>. </p><p>The B <a href="/wiki/Natural_minor_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural minor scale">natural minor scale</a> is: </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/n/b/nbo4st1dtesobpbclx7mrchz1ocvcln/nbo4st1d.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/n/b/nbo4st1dtesobpbclx7mrchz1ocvcln/nbo4st1d.png" width="429" height="64" alt=" {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
 \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B natural minor scale" cis d e fis g a b a g fis e d cis b2
 \clef F \key b \minor
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/n/b/nbo4st1dtesobpbclx7mrchz1ocvcln/nbo4st1d.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/n/b/nbo4st1dtesobpbclx7mrchz1ocvcln/nbo4st1d.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p>Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B <a href="/wiki/Harmonic_minor_scale" title="Harmonic minor scale">harmonic minor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melodic_minor_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Melodic minor scale">melodic minor scales</a> are: </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/m/h/mhrjh4f1jgnt15x130v4tt3q55mylqj/mhrjh4f1.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/m/h/mhrjh4f1jgnt15x130v4tt3q55mylqj/mhrjh4f1.png" width="411" height="65" alt=" {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
 \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B harmonic minor scale" cis d e fis g ais b ais g fis e d cis b2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/m/h/mhrjh4f1jgnt15x130v4tt3q55mylqj/mhrjh4f1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/m/h/mhrjh4f1jgnt15x130v4tt3q55mylqj/mhrjh4f1.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <dl><dd><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/b/3brmg0hu19xq47qezk26elkssx2oqcy/3brmg0hu.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/b/3brmg0hu19xq47qezk26elkssx2oqcy/3brmg0hu.png" width="425" height="65" alt=" {
\omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' {
 \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" cis d e fis gis ais b a? g? fis e d cis b2
} }
" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/b/3brmg0hu19xq47qezk26elkssx2oqcy/3brmg0hu.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/3/b/3brmg0hu19xq47qezk26elkssx2oqcy/3brmg0hu.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Daniel_Schubart" title="Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart">Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Bach's</a> use of the key in his <i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETusa1993pp._2–3,_n._5_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETusa1993pp._2–3,_n._5-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the Baroque era, however, conventional academic views of B minor had shifted: Composer-theorist Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGaleazzi1817[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_February_2021]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(February_2021)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGaleazzi1817[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_February_2021]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(February_2021)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opined that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste. <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a> labelled a B-minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETusa1993p._2,_n._3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETusa1993p._2,_n._3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scale_degree_chords">Scale degree chords</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B_minor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Scale degree chords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Scale_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Scale degree">scale degree</a> chords of B minor are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tonic_(music)" title="Tonic (music)"><b>Tonic</b></a> – B minor</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Supertonic" title="Supertonic">Supertonic</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Diminished_triad" title="Diminished triad">C-sharp diminished</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mediant" title="Mediant">Mediant</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/D_major" title="D major">D major</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Subdominant" title="Subdominant">Subdominant</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/E_minor" title="E minor">E minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominant_(music)" title="Dominant (music)"><b>Dominant</b></a> – <a href="/wiki/F-sharp_minor" title="F-sharp minor">F-sharp minor</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Submediant" title="Submediant">Submediant</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/G_major" title="G major">G major</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Subtonic" title="Subtonic">Subtonic</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/A_major" title="A major">A major</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_compositions_in_B_minor">Notable compositions in B minor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B_minor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable compositions in B minor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_symphonies_in_B_minor" title="List of symphonies in B minor">List of symphonies in B minor</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_in_B_minor" title="Mass in B minor">Mass in B minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestral_suites_(Bach)#Suite_No._2_in_B_minor,_BWV_1067" title="Orchestral suites (Bach)">Orchestral Suite No. 2</a>, BWV 1067</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prelude_and_Fugue_in_B_minor,_BWV_544" title="Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544">Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Suites_(Bach)#Suite_No._3_in_B_minor.2C_BWV_814" title="French Suites (Bach)">French Suite No. 3</a>, BWV 814</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonatas_and_partitas_for_solo_violin_(Bach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonatas and partitas for solo violin (Bach)">Partita No. 1 in B minor</a>, BWV 1002</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_B_minor,_BWV_1030" title="Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030">Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagatelles,_Op._126_(Beethoven)" title="Bagatelles, Op. 126 (Beethoven)">Bagatelle</a> Op. 126/4</li> <li>Allegretto WoO 61 for piano</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Auguste_de_B%C3%A9riot" title="Charles Auguste de Bériot">Charles Auguste de Bériot</a> <ul><li>Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 32</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alban_Berg" title="Alban Berg">Alban Berg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_(Berg)" title="Piano Sonata (Berg)">Piano sonata</a>, Op. 1</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Brahms" title="Johannes Brahms">Johannes Brahms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballades,_Op._10_(Brahms)" title="Ballades, Op. 10 (Brahms)">Ballade (Intermezzo)</a> Op. 10/3</li> <li>Capriccio Op. 78/2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhapsodies,_Op._79_(Brahms)" title="Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (Brahms)">Rhapsody</a> Op. 79/1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarinet_Quintet_(Brahms)" title="Clarinet Quintet (Brahms)">Clarinet Quintet</a>, Op. 115</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Pieces_for_Piano,_Op._119_(Brahms)" title="Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (Brahms)">Intermezzo</a> Op. 119/1</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Borodin" title="Alexander Borodin">Alexander Borodin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Borodin)" title="Symphony No. 2 (Borodin)">Symphony No. 2</a></li> <li>Sonata for cello and piano</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scherzo_No._1_(Chopin)" title="Scherzo No. 1 (Chopin)">Scherzo No. 1</a>, Op. 20</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89tude_Op._25,_No._10_(Chopin)" title="Étude Op. 25, No. 10 (Chopin)">Étude</a>, Op. 25, No. 10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preludes_(Chopin)" title="Preludes (Chopin)">Prelude in B minor "Tolling Bells"</a>, Op. 28, No. 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._3_(Chopin)" title="Piano Sonata No. 3 (Chopin)">Piano Sonata No. 3</a>, Op. 58</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazurkas,_Op._30_(Chopin)" title="Mazurkas, Op. 30 (Chopin)">Mazurka</a> Op. 30/2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazurkas,_Op._33_(Chopin)" title="Mazurkas, Op. 33 (Chopin)">Mazurka</a>, Op. 33/4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltz_in_B_minor,_Op._69,_No._2_(Chopin)" title="Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2 (Chopin)">Waltz</a>, Op. 69, No. 2</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti" title="Gaetano Donizetti">Gaetano Donizetti</a> <ul><li>String Quartet No. 16</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k" title="Antonín Dvořák">Antonín Dvořák</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Concerto_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Cello Concerto (Dvořák)">Cello Concerto</a>, Op. 104</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Elgar" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Elgar)" title="Violin Concerto (Elgar)">Violin Concerto</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck" title="César Franck">César Franck</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A9lude,_Choral_et_Fugue_(Franck)" title="Prélude, Choral et Fugue (Franck)">Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_Hummel" title="Johann Nepomuk Hummel">Johann Nepomuk Hummel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._3_(Hummel)" title="Piano Concerto No. 3 (Hummel)">Piano Concerto No. 3</a>, Op. 89</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Kalivoda" title="Jan Kalivoda">Jan Kalivoda</a> <ul><li>Symphony No. 5, Op. 106</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_in_B_minor_(Liszt)" title="Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt)">Piano Sonata</a>, S. 178</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballade_No._2_(Liszt)" title="Ballade No. 2 (Liszt)">Ballade No. 2</a>, S. 171</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/String_symphonies_(Mendelssohn)" title="String symphonies (Mendelssohn)">String Symphony No. 10 in B minor</a>, MWV N 10</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adagio_in_B_minor_(Mozart)" title="Adagio in B minor (Mozart)">Adagio</a>, K. 540</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini" title="Niccolò Paganini">Niccolò Paganini</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._2_(Paganini)" title="Violin Concerto No. 2 (Paganini)">Violin Concerto No. 2</a>, Op. 7</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Sergei Rachmaninoff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Six_moments_musicaux_(Rachmaninoff)#3._Andante_cantabile,_B_minor" title="Six moments musicaux (Rachmaninoff)"><i>Moments musicaux</i> No. 3</a>, Op. 16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preludes,_Op._32_(Rachmaninoff)#Prelude_No._10" title="Preludes, Op. 32 (Rachmaninoff)">Prelude in B minor</a>, Op. 32, No. 10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89tudes-Tableaux,_Op._39" title="Études-Tableaux, Op. 39"><i>Études-Tableaux</i> No. 4 in B minor</a>, Op. 39</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._3_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)">Violin Concerto No. 3</a>, Op. 61</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Scarlatti" title="Domenico Scarlatti">Domenico Scarlatti</a> <ul><li>12 of his <a href="/wiki/List_of_solo_keyboard_sonatas_by_Domenico_Scarlatti" title="List of solo keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti">555 piano sonatas</a>: K 27, 87, 173, 197, 227, 293, 376, 377, 408, 409, 497, 498</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Schubert" title="Franz Schubert">Franz Schubert</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Schubert)" title="Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)">Symphony No. 8 (<i>Unfinished</i>)</a>, D. 759</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rondo_in_B_minor_for_violin_and_piano,_D_895_(Schubert)" title="Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, D 895 (Schubert)">Rondo in B minor for violin and piano</a>, D. 895</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Scriabin" title="Alexander Scriabin">Alexander Scriabin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fantaisie_in_B_minor_(Scriabin)" title="Fantaisie in B minor (Scriabin)">Fantaisie in B minor</a>, Op. 28</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pezzo_capriccioso" title="Pezzo capriccioso">Pezzo capriccioso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Symphony" title="Manfred Symphony">Manfred Symphony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Tchaikovsky)" title="Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)">Symphony No. 6 (<i>Pathetique</i>)</a>, Op. 74</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Philipp_Telemann" title="Georg Philipp Telemann">Georg Philipp Telemann</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12_Fantasias_for_Solo_Flute_(Telemann)" class="mw-redirect" title="12 Fantasias for Solo Flute (Telemann)">Fantasia for flute solo</a> No. 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Fantasias_for_Solo_Violin_(Telemann)" title="12 Fantasias for Solo Violin (Telemann)">Fantasia for violin solo</a> No. 9</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonates_sans_basse_(Telemann)" title="Sonates sans basse (Telemann)">Sonata for two flutes or violins</a> No. 5</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi" title="Antonio Vivaldi">Antonio Vivaldi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Trio_Sonatas,_Op._1_(Vivaldi)" title="Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (Vivaldi)">Trio Sonata</a> Op. 1/11</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Violin_Sonatas,_Op._2_(Vivaldi)" title="Twelve Violin Sonatas, Op. 2 (Vivaldi)">Violin Sonata</a>, Op. 2/5</li> 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGaleazzi1817[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_February_2021]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(February_2021)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGaleazzi1817[[Category:Wikipedia_articles_needing_page_number_citations_from_February_2021]]<sup_class="noprint_Inline-Template_"_style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i>[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|<span_title="This_citation_requires_a_reference_to_the_specific_page_or_range_of_pages_in_which_the_material_appears.&#32;(February_2021)">page&nbsp;needed</span>]]</i>&#93;</sup>_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGaleazzi1817">Galeazzi 1817</a>, p. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" 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(February 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETusa1993p._2,_n._3-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETusa1993p._2,_n._3_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTusa1993">Tusa 1993</a>, p. 2, n. 3.</span> </li> </ol></div> <p><b>Sources</b> </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGaleazzi1817" class="citation book cs1">Galeazzi, Francesco (1817). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Elementi_di_Musica_%28Galeazzi,_Francesco%29"><i>Elementi teorico-pratici di musica con un saggio sopra l'arte di suonare il violino analizzata, ed a dimostrabili principi ridotta</i></a>. Ascoli.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Elementi+teorico-pratici+di+musica+con+un+saggio+sopra+l%27arte+di+suonare+il+violino+analizzata%2C+ed+a+dimostrabili+principi+ridotta&rft.place=Ascoli&rft.date=1817&rft.aulast=Galeazzi&rft.aufirst=Francesco&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fimslp.org%2Fwiki%2FElementi_di_Musica_%2528Galeazzi%2C_Francesco%2529&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AB+minor" class="Z3988"></span> See also Francesco Galeazzi, <i>The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music,</i> Parts III and IV; English translation, with introduction and commentary, by Deborah Burton and Gregory W. Harwood (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2012); <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-252-03708-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-252-03708-5">978-0-252-03708-5</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTusa1993" class="citation book cs1">Tusa, Michael C. (1993). "Beethoven's 'C-Minor Mood': Some Thoughts on the Structural Implications of Key Choice". In Christoph Reynolds (ed.). <i>Beethoven Forum</i>. Vol. 2. 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