- Source: B-flat major
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:
Many transposing instruments are pitched in B-flat major, including the clarinet, trumpet, tenor saxophone, and soprano saxophone. As a result, B-flat major is one of the most popular keys for concert band compositions.
Scale degree chords
The scale degree chords of B-flat major are:
Tonic – B-flat major
Supertonic – C minor
Mediant – D minor
Subdominant – E-flat major
Dominant – F major
Submediant – G minor
Leading-tone – A diminished
History
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 98 is often credited as the first symphony written in that key, including trumpet and timpani parts. However, his brother Michael Haydn wrote one such symphony earlier, No. 36. Nonetheless, Joseph Haydn still gets credit for writing the timpani part at actual pitch with an F major key signature (instead of transposing with a C major key signature), a procedure that made sense since he limited that instrument to the tonic and dominant pitches. Many editions of the work use no key signature and specify the instrument as "Timpani in B♭–F".
Notable classical compositions
References
External links
Media related to B-flat major at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Emotionalism (album)
- Max Reger
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Trios, Op. 1 (Beethoven)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Maria Szymanowska
- Tanda kunci
- Rapsodia Hungaria
- Felix Mendelssohn
- B-flat major
- E-flat major
- Key signature
- A-flat major
- C-flat major
- D-flat major
- B-flat minor
- G-flat major
- B major
- Piano Concerto in B-flat major
