E flat major

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E♭ major
Image:E-flat_Major_key_signature.png
Relative key C minor
Parallel key E♭ minor
Component pitches
E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D, E♭

E flat major is a major scale consisting of the pitches E flat, F, G, A flat, B flat, C, D, and E flat. Its key signature consists of three flats.

Ascending and descending E-flat Major Scale

Its relative minor is C minor, and its parallel minor is E flat minor.

E flat major is often associated with bold, heroic music, in part because of Beethoven's usage. His Eroica Symphony and his Emperor Concerto are both in this key.

Another reason is that it is a very good key for brass instruments (valveless 19th-century brass instruments specifically constructed to sound in this key were found to produce the most satisfying tone color). Thus, three of Mozart's completed horn concerti and Joseph Haydn's famous Trumpet Concerto are in E flat major, and so is Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony with its prominent horn theme in the first movement. Another famous heroic piece in the key of E flat major is Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life).

E flat major is also a very common key for gospel music.

It is also frequently used to express serenity, such as in Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2.

[edit] Well-known classical compositions in this key

[edit] Well-known contemporary music in this key

Diatonic Scales and Keys
Circle of fifths
Flats Sharps
Major minor Major minor
0 C (Major), a (minor)
1 F d G e
2 B♭ g D b
3 E♭ c A f♯
4 A♭ f E c♯
5 D♭ b♭ B g♯
6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯
7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯
lower case letters are minor

the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale

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