{{more citations needed|date=May 2025}} {{Short description|Music scale based on B-flat}} {{Infobox musical scale | name=B-flat major<br><score>{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key bes \major s16 \clef bass \key bes \major s^"" }</score> | relative=G minor | parallel=B-flat minor | dominant=F major | subdominant=E-flat major | first_pitch=B{{music|flat}} | second_pitch=C | third_pitch=D | fourth_pitch=E{{music|flat}} | fifth_pitch=F | sixth_pitch=G | seventh_pitch=A }} '''B-flat major''' is a major scale based on B{{music|flat}}, with pitches B{{music|flat}}, C, D, E{{music|flat}}, 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: {{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ natural major scale" c d es f g a bes a g f es d c bes2 \clef F \key bes \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}}
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:
{{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ harmonic major scale" c d es f ges a bes a ges f es d c bes2 \clef F \key bes \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}} {{block indent|<score sound raw> \header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \major \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ melodic major scale (ascending and descending)" c d es f g a bes as ges f es d c bes2 \clef F \key bes \major } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } } </score>}}
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{{flat}} major are: * Tonic – B{{flat}} major * Supertonic – C minor * Mediant – D minor * Subdominant – E{{flat}} major * Dominant – F major * Submediant – G minor * Leading-tone – A diminished ==Notable classical compositions== {{See also|List of symphonies in B-flat major}}
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * 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. 50 No. 1 ** 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 * Max Bruch ** Octet * Modest Mussorgsky ** "Promenade" from ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' * Ernest Chausson **Symphony * Vincent d'Indy **{{ill|Symphony No. 2 (d'Indy)|fr|Symphonie no 2 de d'Indy|lt=Symphony No. 2}} * Ottorino Respighi ** "The Pines of the Villa Borghese" from ''Pines of Rome'' * 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
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|B-flat major}}
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