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 Quartets, [Op. 76 (Haydn)|String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4]
- 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
- * Violin Sonata No. 32
- * Piano Sonata No. 3
- * Piano Sonata No. 13
- * 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
- * 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,
- * 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 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''