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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="text-align: center;"><caption class="infobox-title">B-flat minor<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/h/5/h52mv8iyyeic9p1ooze5d4ko0lh66nn/h52mv8iy.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/h/5/h52mv8iyyeic9p1ooze5d4ko0lh66nn/h52mv8iy.png" width="232" height="77" alt="{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key bes \minor s16 \clef F \key bes \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-flat_major" title="D-flat major">D-flat 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-flat_major" title="B-flat major">B-flat 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_minor" title="F minor">F 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-flat_minor" title="E-flat minor">E-flat minor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Enharmonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Enharmonic">Enharmonic</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A-sharp_minor" title="A-sharp minor">A-sharp 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<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>, C, D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>, E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>, F, G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>, A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>B-flat minor</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Minor_scale" title="Minor scale">minor scale</a> based on <a href="/wiki/B%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="B♭ (musical note)">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>, consisting of the pitches B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/C_(musical_note)" title="C (musical note)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/D%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="D♭ (musical note)">D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>, <a href="/wiki/E%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="E♭ (musical note)">E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>, <a href="/wiki/F_(musical_note)" title="F (musical note)">F</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="G♭ (musical note)">G<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>, and <a href="/wiki/A%E2%99%AD_(musical_note)" title="A♭ (musical note)">A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span></a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Key_signature" title="Key signature">key signature</a> has five <a href="/wiki/Flat_(music)" title="Flat (music)">flats</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Relative_key" title="Relative key">relative major</a> is <a href="/wiki/D-flat_major" title="D-flat major">D-flat major</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Parallel_key" title="Parallel key">parallel major</a> is <a href="/wiki/B-flat_major" title="B-flat major">B-flat major</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Enharmonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Enharmonic">enharmonic</a> equivalent, <a href="/wiki/A-sharp_minor" title="A-sharp minor">A-sharp minor</a>, which would contain seven sharps, is not normally used. </p><p>The B-flat <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/1/4/143u0rqymwb55ptw3hjdpgf504g9stc/143u0rqy.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/4/143u0rqymwb55ptw3hjdpgf504g9stc/143u0rqy.png" width="444" height="85" alt="
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" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/4/143u0rqymwb55ptw3hjdpgf504g9stc/143u0rqy.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/1/4/143u0rqymwb55ptw3hjdpgf504g9stc/143u0rqy.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-flat <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/a/t/atv4tzgvvg8f1giq7k16dd6bk867qju/atv4tzgv.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/a/t/atv4tzgvvg8f1giq7k16dd6bk867qju/atv4tzgv.png" width="404" height="85" alt="
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scale = \relative c' { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature
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" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/a/t/atv4tzgvvg8f1giq7k16dd6bk867qju/atv4tzgv.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/a/t/atv4tzgvvg8f1giq7k16dd6bk867qju/atv4tzgv.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/e/k/ekev32tz20r7j318yjx95nu9fufa916/ekev32tz.midi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/k/ekev32tz20r7j318yjx95nu9fufa916/ekev32tz.png" width="421" height="85" alt="
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" /><div style="margin-top: 3px;"><audio controls=""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/k/ekev32tz20r7j318yjx95nu9fufa916/ekev32tz.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /><div>Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can <a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/e/k/ekev32tz20r7j318yjx95nu9fufa916/ekev32tz.mp3">download the audio file</a>.</div></audio></div></div></dd></dl> <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-flat_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-flat minor are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tonic_(music)" title="Tonic (music)">Tonic</a> – B-flat minor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supertonic" title="Supertonic">Supertonic</a> – <a href="/wiki/Diminished_triad" title="Diminished triad">C diminished</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediant" title="Mediant">Mediant</a> – <a href="/wiki/D-flat_major" title="D-flat major">D-flat major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdominant" title="Subdominant">Subdominant</a> – <a href="/wiki/E-flat_minor" title="E-flat minor">E-flat minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominant_(music)" title="Dominant (music)">Dominant</a> – <a href="/wiki/F_minor" title="F minor">F minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submediant" title="Submediant">Submediant</a> – <a href="/wiki/G-flat_major" title="G-flat major">G-flat major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subtonic" title="Subtonic">Subtonic</a> – <a href="/wiki/A-flat_major" title="A-flat major">A-flat major</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B-flat_minor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>B-flat minor is traditionally a 'dark' key.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The old <a href="/wiki/Brass_instrument_valve" title="Brass instrument valve">valveless</a> <a href="/wiki/French_horn" title="French horn">horn</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Franz_Krommer" title="Franz Krommer">Franz Krommer</a>'s Concertino in <a href="/wiki/D_major" title="D major">D major</a>, Op. 80.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_classical_compositions">Notable classical compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B-flat_minor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable classical compositions"><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-flat_minor" title="List of symphonies in B-flat minor">List of symphonies in B-flat 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/Charles-Valentin_Alkan" title="Charles-Valentin Alkan">Charles-Valentin Alkan</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Preludes,_Op._31_(Alkan)" title="Preludes, Op. 31 (Alkan)">Prelude Op. 31</a></i>, No. 12 (Le temps qui n'est plus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_for_Solo_Piano_(Alkan)#Menuet" title="Symphony for Solo Piano (Alkan)">Symphony for Solo Piano, 3rd movement: Menuet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Barber" title="Samuel Barber">Samuel Barber</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adagio_for_Strings" title="Adagio for Strings">Adagio for Strings</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._2_(Chopin)" title="Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)">Piano Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March"</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocturnes,_Op._9_(Chopin)" title="Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin)">Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scherzo_No._2_(Chopin)" title="Scherzo No. 2 (Chopin)">Scherzo No. 2</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preludes_(Chopin)" title="Preludes (Chopin)">Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 "Hades"</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazurkas,_Op._24_(Chopin)" title="Mazurkas, Op. 24 (Chopin)">Mazurka Op. 24, No. 4</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transcendental_%C3%89tude_No._12_(Liszt)" title="Transcendental Étude No. 12 (Liszt)">Transcendental Étude No. 12</a> (<i>Chasse-neige</i>) from <i><a href="/wiki/Transcendental_%C3%89tudes" title="Transcendental Études">Transcendental Études</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Sergei Rachmaninoff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._2_(Rachmaninoff)" title="Piano Sonata No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)">Piano Sonata No. 2</a>, Op. 36</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Dmitri Shostakovich</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._13_(Shostakovich)" title="Symphony No. 13 (Shostakovich)">Symphony No. 13</a>, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._13_(Shostakovich)" title="String Quartet No. 13 (Shostakovich)">String Quartet No. 13</a>, Op. 138</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Strauss" title="Richard Strauss">Richard Strauss</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Alpine_Symphony" title="An Alpine Symphony">An Alpine Symphony</a></i> begins and ends in B-flat minor.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Tchaikovsky)" title="Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)">Piano Concerto No. 1</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marche_slave" title="Marche slave">Marche slave</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Walton" title="William Walton">William Walton</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Walton)" title="Symphony No. 1 (Walton)">Symphony No. 1</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Murray Barbour, <i>Trumpets, Horns, and Music</i> (1964), p. 163</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.2,_Op.35_(Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric)" class="extiw" title="scores:Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35 (Chopin, Frédéric)">Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 (Chopin)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Nocturnes,_Op.9_(Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric)" class="extiw" title="scores:Nocturnes, Op.9 (Chopin, Frédéric)">Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Scherzo_No.2,_Op.31_(Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric)" class="extiw" title="scores:Scherzo No.2, Op.31 (Chopin, Frédéric)">Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 (Chopin)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Preludes,_Op.28_(Chopin,_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric)" class="extiw" title="scores:Preludes, Op.28 (Chopin, Frédéric)">Preludes, Op.28 (Chopin)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1,_Op.23_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)" class="extiw" title="scores:Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)">Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 (Tchaikovsky)</a>: Scores at the <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B-flat_minor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" 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