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B-flat minor

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Minor scale based on B-flat

B-flat minor
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Component pitches
Relative key	D-flat major
Parallel key	B-flat major
Dominant key	F minor
Subdominant key	E-flat minor
Enharmonic key	A-sharp minor
B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭

B-flat minor is aminor scale based onB♭, consisting of the pitches B♭,C,D♭,E♭,F,G♭, andA♭. Itskey signature has fiveflats. Itsrelative major isD-flat major and itsparallel major isB-flat major. Itsenharmonic equivalent,A-sharp minor, which would contain seven sharps, is not normally used.

The B-flatnatural minor scale is:

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ natural minor scale" c des es f ges as bes as ges f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B-flatharmonic minor andmelodic minor scales are:

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ harmonic minor scale" c des es f ges a bes a! ges f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative b { \key bes \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature bes^"B♭ melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" c des es f g a bes as? ges? f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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Scale degree chords

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Thescale degree chords of B-flat minor are:

Characteristics

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B-flat minor is traditionally a 'dark' key.^[1]

The oldvalveless horn was barely capable of playing in B-flat minor: the only example found in 18th-century music is a modulation that occurs in the first minuet ofFranz Krommer's Concertino inD major, Op. 80.^[2]