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:

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 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 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. 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
• 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
• Modest Mussorgsky
• "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition
• Ottorino Respighi
• "The Pines of the Villa Borghese" from Pines of Rome

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