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B^b major

Relative key	G minor
Parallel key	Bb minor
Component pitches
Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb

Also see: B-flat minor, or B major.

B-flat major is a major scale based on B-flat, consisting of the pitches B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, G, A and B-flat. Its key signature has two flats, B/E (see below: Scales and keys). [The note B-flat is a half-tone between A & B.]

Its relative minor is G minor, and its parallel minor is B flat minor.

Contents 1 Well-known classical compositions in this key 2 Well-known contemporary music in this key 3 Well known video game music in this key 4 Scales and keys 5 Notes 6 External links

B-flat major is a suitable key for most wind instruments, especially those for which it is their home key, such as clarinets, trumpets, and saxophones in B-flat.

Haydn's Symphony No. 98 is credited as the first symphony he (or anyone else) wrote in that key in which he included trumpet and timpani parts. Actually, his brother Michael Haydn had written one such symphony earlier, No. 36. Though Joseph still gets credit for writing the timpani part at actual pitch with an F major key signature (instead of transposing with a C major key signature), a procedure that made sense since he limited that instrument to the tonic and dominant pitches.^[1] Many editions of the work, however, use no key signature and specify the instrument as "Timpani in B flat - F." (Note that in German, the pitch B flat is called "B", and B natural is "H", thus the specification for timpani in a B-flat work could be written "Pauken in B. - F.")

Five of Mozart's piano concerti are in B-flat major.

• "Il Mio Tesoro" (from Don Giovanni) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
• Ludwig van Beethoven: "Hammerklavier" Sonata
• Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Haydn Variations
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
• Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Op. 100
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Marcia Alla Turca

See also list of symphonies in B flat major.

• 20th Century Fox Fanfare - Lionel Newman
• All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette
• American Dream - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins
• Bloody Well Right - Supertramp (with verse in G minor)
• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (with 'opera' section in A major)
• Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
• How To Save A Life - The Fray
• In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley
• Irreplaceable - Beyoncé
• It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
• Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
• Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
• Landed - Ben Folds
• Let 'Em In - Wings
• My Guy - Mary Wells
• Hold Your Head- Tupac Shakur
• Mysterious Ways - U2
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
• People Get Ready - Bob Marley
• Praying For Time - George Michael
• Purple Rain - Prince
• Ray of Light - Madonna
• Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
• The Riddle - Five for Fighting
• Right Now - Van Halen
• Star Trek: The Original Series TV theme - Alexander Courage
• Star Wars Main Theme - John Williams

• The Legend of Zelda- Koji Kondo
• K.K. Western- Toru Minegishi

Diatonic Scales and Keys
	Flats Sharps Major minor Major minor 0 C (Major), a (minor) 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c♯ 5 D♭ b♭ B g♯ 6 G♭ e♭ F♯ d♯ 7 C♭ a♭ C♯ a♯
lower case letters are minor                         the table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale

1. ^ H. C. Robbins Landon, Haydn Symphonies London: British Broadcasting Corporation (1966): 57

• B Flat Major - Free B Flat Major Scale Print Out with Arpeggios and Broken Chords for Piano with Fingering