| Relative key | D♭ major enharmonic: C♯ major |
|---|---|
| Parallel key | B♭ major |
| Enharmonic | A♯ minor |
| Component pitches | |
| B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭ | |
B♭ minor 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 major 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. Eine Alpensinfonie by Strauss begins and ends in B-flat minor
The old valveless horn 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 Franz Krommer's Concertino in D major, Opus 80.[2]
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]
The main theme of the 1999 film, The Mummy, is in B-flat minor, which was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
"Sweet Harmony", The Beloved's signature hit from 1993, is in B-flat minor.
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