B-flat minor
{ \magnifyStaff #3/2 \omit Score.TimeSignature \key bes \minor s16 \clef F \key bes \minor s^"" }
Relative keyD-flat major
Parallel keyB-flat major
Dominant keyF minor
SubdominantE-flat minor
EnharmonicA-sharp minor
Component pitches
B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭

B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B♭, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, and A♭. Its key signature has five flats. Its relative major is D-flat major and its parallel major is B-flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent, A-sharp minor, which would contain seven sharps, is not normally used.


The B-flat natural minor scale is:

{ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key bes \minor \time 7/4 bes^"Natural minor scale" c des es f ges aes bes aes ges f es des c bes2 \clef F \key bes \minor } }

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

{ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key bes \minor \time 7/4 bes^"Harmonic minor scale" c des es f ges a bes a ges f es des c bes2 } }
{ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key bes \minor \time 7/4 bes^"Melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" c des es f g a bes aes! ges! f es des c bes2 } }

Scale degree chords

Characteristics

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

The old valveless 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 of Franz Krommer's Concertino in D major, Op. 80.[2]

Notable classical compositions

References

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