B flat major

B flat major
Chord symbol (s) :	B, B ♭ , B ♭
Parallel Tone :	G minor
Dominant :	F major
Subdominant :	E flat major
Scale :	b - c - d ^ es - f - g - a ^ b

B-Dur is a key of the musical scale Dur . It builds on the keynote b. The Key B-Dur is in the notation with two ♭ written (b, es). The corresponding scale and the basic chord of this key (the tonic bdf) are also denoted by the term B major.

Use in brass and military music

For many brass instruments , this key is the simplest, because many of them have a Bb as their root note and its natural tone series coincides with the B flat major scale over long distances. This is why this key is often used in brass music literature. Many national anthems are written in this key. In the New Länder , musicians' trains use flutes without flutes in Bb ("drum pipes"). Additional instruments such as the glockenspiel (lyre form) are also used in minstrel trains in B-tuning.

Classification of the key

Keys and their accidentals

Sign :	7 ♭ + fes	6 ♭ + ces	5 ♭ + total	4 ♭ + des	3 ♭ + as	2 ♭ + es	1 ♭ b	0 ♭ / ♯	1 ♯ f sharp	2 ♯ + c sharp	3 ♯ + g sharp	4 ♯ + dis	5 ♯ + ais	6 ♯ + ice	7 ♯ + his
Major keys:	Ces	Ges	Of	As	It	B.	F.	C.	G	D.	A.	E.	H	F sharp	Cis
Minor keys:	as	it	b	f	c	G	d	a	e	H	f sharp	cis	g sharp	dis	ais

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