B flat minor
B flat minor | |
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Chord symbol (s) : | b, Bm, b ♭ , B ♭ m, B ♭ m |
Parallel Tone : | Of |
Dominant : | F major / F minor |
Subdominant : | E flat minor |
Natural minor scale : | b - c ^ des - es - f ^ ges - as - b |
Harmonic minor scale: | b - c ^ des - es - f ^ ges - a ^ b |
Melodic minor scale: | b - c ^ des - es - f - g - a ^ b
b - as - ges ^ f - es - des ^ c - b |
b minor is a key of the musical scale minor based on the fundamental b builds. The key b minor is in the notation with five ♭ written (b, it, as, the, ges). The corresponding scale and the basic chord of this key (the tonic b-flat-f) are also denoted by the term b-flat minor.
B flat minor was rarely used before the advent of equal tuning , so that especially works of the Romantic period are in this key.
Classification of the key
Sign : | 7 ♭ + fes
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6 ♭ + ces
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5 ♭ + total
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4 ♭ + des
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3 ♭ + as
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2 ♭ + es
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1 ♭ b
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0 ♭ / ♯ |
1 ♯ f sharp
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2 ♯ + c sharp
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3 ♯ + g sharp
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4 ♯ + dis
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5 ♯ + ais
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6 ♯ + ice
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7 ♯ + his
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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 |
literature
- Werner Breig , Hans Heinrich: Analyzes. Contributions to a problem history of composing . Franz Steiner Wiesbaden Verlag, Stuttgart 1984.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Franke: Theory and practice of the harmonic composition . Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1987.
- Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn: Theoretical-practical harmony theory . Published by Wilhelm Thome, Berlin 1980.