B-flat minor

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

B or B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has five flats. The harmonic minor scale would use an A instead of A

Its relative key is D-flat major, and its parallel major is B-flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent is A-sharp minor.

B-flat minor "is traditionally a 'dark' key."[1] Some important oboe solos in this key in the orchestral literature include the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, which depicts "the feeling that you get when you are all alone", in Tchaikovsky's words. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is also in B-flat minor.

[edit] In classical music

[edit] In popular music

All eight songs on The Raveonettes' Whip It On album are in the key of B-flat minor. Sune Rose Wagner said it was "Because Shostakovich's symphony no. 13 was in B flat minor."[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wilfred Mellers, "Round and About in Górecki's Symphony No. 3" Tempo 168 3 (1989): 23
  2. ^ Stevie Wonder - Classic Hits. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  3. ^ 10 Questions with Sune Rose Wagner. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
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