B-flat major is a major scale based on B, with pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor.
The B-flat major scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B-flat harmonic major and melodic major scales are:
Many transposing instruments are pitched in B-flat major, including the most common types of clarinet and trumpet, along with the tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone. As a result, B-flat major is one of the most common keys for concert band compositions.
Scale degree chords The scale degree chords of B major are: Tonic – B major Supertonic – C minor Mediant – D minor Subdominant – E major Dominant – F major Submediant – G minor Leading tone – A diminished Notable classical compositions
François Couperin Les Barricades Mystérieuses Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Luigi Boccherini Cello Concerto No. 9, G. 482 Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 85 (La Reine) Symphony No. 98 Symphony No. 102 Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon String Quartet Op. 50 No. 1 String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 (Sunrise) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 24 Symphony No. 33 Piano Concerto No. 6 Piano Concerto No. 15 Piano Concerto No. 18 Piano Concerto No. 27 String Quintet No. 1 String Quartet No. 17 (Hunt) Violin Sonata No. 32 Piano Sonata No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 13 (Linz) Piano Sonata No. 17 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 Symphony No. 4 String Quartet, Op 18 No. 6 String Quartet Op. 130 The Große Fuge for string quartet Piano Sonata, Op. 22 Piano Sonata, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) Piano Trio, Op. 97 (Archduke) Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 3, Op. 142 Mass No. 3 Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960 Piano Trio No. 1, D. 898 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 5 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 (Lobgesang) String Quintet No. 2 Cello Sonata No. 1 Frédéric Chopin Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 Mazurka Op. 7, No. 1 Prelude Op. 28, No. 21 "Sunday" Polonaise Op. 71, No. 2 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, (Frühling) The second, fourth and sixth movement of Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Humoreske for piano, Op. 20 Faschingsschwank aus Wien for piano, Op. 26 Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude No. 5 (Feux follets) from Transcendental Études Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 String Quartet No. 3 String Sextet No. 1 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Variations on a Theme by Haydn Max Bruch Octet Modest Mussorgsky "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition Ernest Chausson Symphony Vincent d'Indy
Ottorino Respighi "The Pines of the Villa Borghese" from Pines of Rome Bohuslav Martinů Symphony no. 1 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Piano Concerto No. 4 Piano Sonata No. 7 Piano Sonata No. 8 Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5
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