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B minor

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Minor scale based on B

B minor
${ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key b \minor s16 \clef F \key b \minor s^"" }$
Component pitches
Relative key	D major
Parallel key	B major
Dominant key	F-sharp minor
Subdominant	E minor
B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, A

B minor is aminor scale based onB, consisting of the pitches B,C♯,D,E,F♯,G, andA. Itskey signature has twosharps. Itsrelative major isD major and itsparallel major isB major.

The Bnatural minor scale is:

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative c' { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B natural minor scale" cis d e fis g a b a g fis e d cis b2 \clef F \key b \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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

$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative c' { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B harmonic minor scale" cis d e fis g ais b ais g fis e d cis b2 \clef F \key b \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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$\header { tagline = ##f } scale = \relative c' { \key b \minor \omit Score.TimeSignature b^"B melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" cis d e fis gis ais b a! g! fis e d cis b2 \clef F \key b \minor } \score { { << \cadenzaOn \scale \context NoteNames \scale >> } \layout { } \midi { } }$

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Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791) regarded B minor as a key expressing a quiet acceptance of fate and very gentle complaint, something commentators find to be in line withBach's use of the key in hisSt John Passion.^[1] By the end of the Baroque era, however, conventional academic views of B minor had shifted: Composer-theorist Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819)^[2] opined that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste.Beethoven labelled a B-minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key".^[3]

Scale degree chords

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Thescale degree chords of B minor are:

Notable compositions in B minor

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References

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Notes

^Tusa 1993, pp. 2–3, n. 5.
^Galeazzi 1817, p. ^{[page needed]}.
^Tusa 1993, p. 2, n. 3.

Sources

Galeazzi, Francesco (1817).Elementi teorico-pratici di musica con un saggio sopra l'arte di suonare il violino analizzata, ed a dimostrabili principi ridotta. Ascoli. See also Francesco Galeazzi,The Theoretical-Practical Elements of Music, Parts III and IV; English translation, with introduction and commentary, by Deborah Burton and Gregory W. Harwood (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2012);ISBN 978-0-252-03708-5.
Tusa, Michael C. (1993). "Beethoven's 'C-Minor Mood': Some Thoughts on the Structural Implications of Key Choice". In Christoph Reynolds (ed.).Beethoven Forum. Vol. 2. Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press.ISBN 978-0803239098.