B-flat minor

Infobox Scale


scale_name=Bmusic|flat minor
relative=Dmusic|flat major
parallel=Bmusic|flat major
enharmonic=Amusic|sharp minor
first_pitch=Bmusic|flat
second_pitch=C
third_pitch=Dmusic|flat
fourth_pitch=Emusic|flat
fifth_pitch=F
sixth_pitch=Gmusic|flat
seventh_pitch=Amusic|flat

Bmusic|flat or B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches Bmusic|flat, C, Dmusic|flat, Emusic|flat, F, Gmusic|flat, and Amusic|flat. Its key signature has five flats. The harmonic minor scale would use an Amusic|natural instead of Amusic|flat

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." [Wilfred Mellers, "Round and About in Górecki's Symphony No. 3" "Tempo" 168 3 (1989): 23] 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.

In classical music

*Frédéric Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 and Nocturnes Op. 9 No. 1
*Dmitri Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 13
*Sir William Walton's "Symphony No. 1"
*Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No. 2
*Peter Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
*Peter Tchaikovsky's Marche_Slave

In popular music

*"The Sweet Escape (song)" - Gwen Stefani
*"Gold" - Spandau Ballet
*"I Need To Know" - Marc Anthony
*"Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs
*"Say Say Say" - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
*"Umbrella" - Rihanna
*"Waiting for a Girl Like You" - Foreigner
*"Nothing In My Way" - Keane
* "Part-Time Lover" [cite web| url=http://www.earfloss.com/karaoke/8900153_alt_gb.html | title=Stevie Wonder - Classic Hits | accessdate=2008-02-07 ] - Stevie Wonder
*"Somebody Told Me" - The Killers

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." [cite web| url=http://ekwimmer.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-questions-with-sune-rose-wagner.html | title=10 Questions with Sune Rose Wagner | accessdate=2008-02-07 ]

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