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B-flat major

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In music theory, Bflat major is a major scale based on flat, with pitches B, C, D, flat, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. [1]

75 relations: A (musical note), Anton Bruckner, B-flat minor, B♭ (musical note), Brandenburg Concertos, C (musical note), C major, Clarinet, Concert band, D (musical note), Dmitri Shostakovich, E-flat major, E♭ (musical note), F (musical note), F major, F-sharp major, Felix Mendelssohn, Flat (music), François Couperin, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, G (musical note), G minor, Große Fuge, H. C. Robbins Landon, Humoreske (Schumann), Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn, Key signature, Les Barricades Mystérieuses, Lobgesang, Ludwig van Beethoven, Major scale, Mass No. 3 (Schubert), Mazurkas, Op. 7 (Chopin), Michael Haydn, Music theory, Ottorino Respighi, Parallel key, Piano Concerto No. 15 (Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms), Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev), Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven), Pines of Rome, Polonaises, Op. 71 (Chopin), ..., Preludes (Chopin), Relative key, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev, Soprano saxophone, String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven), String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms), String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich), String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven), String Sextet No. 1 (Brahms), Symphony No. 1 (Schumann), Symphony No. 24 (Mozart), Symphony No. 33 (Mozart), Symphony No. 36 (Michael Haydn), Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven), Symphony No. 5 (Bruckner), Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 5 (Schubert), Symphony No. 98 (Haydn), Tenor saxophone, Timpani, Transposing instrument, Trumpet, Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Expand index (25 more) »

A (musical note)

La or A is the sixth note of the fixed-do solfège.

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Anton Bruckner

Josef Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets.

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B-flat minor

B minor is a minor scale based on flat, consisting of the pitches B, C, flat, flat, F, flat, and flat.

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B♭ (musical note)

B (B-flat; also called si bémol) is the eleventh step of the Western chromatic scale (starting from C).

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Brandenburg Concertos

The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments)Johann Sebastian Bach's Werke, vol.

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C (musical note)

C (Do, Do, C) is the first note of the C major scale, the third note of the A minor scale (the relative minor of C major), and the fourth note (F, A, B, C) of the Guidonian hand, commonly pitched around 261.63 Hz.

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C major

C major (or the key of C) is a major scale based on C, with the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common key signatures used in western music.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.

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Concert band

A concert band, also called wind ensemble, symphonic band, wind symphony, wind orchestra, wind band, symphonic winds, symphony band, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, along with the double bass or bass guitar.

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D (musical note)

D is a musical note a whole tone above C, and is known as Re within the fixed-Do solfege system.

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич|Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich,; 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist.

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E-flat major

E-flat major (or the key of E-flat) is a major scale based on flat, with the pitches flat, F, G, flat, flat, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats: B, E, and A. Its relative minor is C minor, while its parallel minor is flat minor (or enharmonically sharp minor).

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E♭ (musical note)

E (E-flat) or mi bémol is the fourth semitone of the solfège.

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F (musical note)

F is a musical note, the fourth above C. It is also known as fa in fixed-do solfège.

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F major

F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on F, with the pitches F, G, A, flat, C, D, and E. Its key signature has one flat: B. Its relative minor is D minor and its parallel minor is F minor.

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F-sharp major

F major (or the key of F) is a major scale based on sharp, consisting of the pitches F, sharp, sharp, B, sharp, sharp, and sharp.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period.

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Flat (music)

In music, flat or bemolle (Italian: "soft B") means "lower in pitch".

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François Couperin

François Couperin (10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.

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Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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G (musical note)

Sol, so, or G is the fifth note of the fixed-do solfège starting on C. As such it is the dominant, a perfect fifth above C or perfect fourth below C. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of middle G (G4) note is approximately 391.995 Hz.

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G minor

G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, flat, C, D, Eflat, and F. Its key signature has two flats.

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Große Fuge

The Große Fuge (or Grosse Fuge, also known in English as Great Fugue or Grand Fugue), Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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H. C. Robbins Landon

Howard Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge body of neglected music by Haydn and in correcting misunderstandings about Mozart.

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Humoreske (Schumann)

in B-flat major, Op.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period.

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Joseph Haydn

(Franz) Joseph HaydnSee Haydn's name.

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Key signature

In musical notation, a key signature is a set of sharp, flat, and rarely, natural symbols placed together on the staff.

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Les Barricades Mystérieuses

Les Barricades Mystérieuses (The Mysterious Barricades) is a piece of music that François Couperin composed for harpsichord in 1717.

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Lobgesang

Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), Op. 52 (MWV A 18), is "A Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra" by Felix Mendelssohn.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Major scale

The major scale (or Ionian scale) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music.

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Mass No. 3 (Schubert)

The Mass No.

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Mazurkas, Op. 7 (Chopin)

The Mazurkas, Op.

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Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn (14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn.

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Music theory

Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music.

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Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi (9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian violinist, composer and musicologist, best known for his three orchestral tone poems Fountains of Rome (1916), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928).

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Parallel key

In music, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same tonic are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship.

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Piano Concerto No. 15 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)

The Piano Concerto No.

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in b major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto.

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Piano Concerto No. 27 (Mozart)

The Piano Concerto No.

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Piano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev)

Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.

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Piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote 27 original concertos for piano and orchestra.

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Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven)

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.

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Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.

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Pines of Rome

Pines of Rome (Italian title: Pini di Roma) is a four-movement tone poem for orchestra completed in 1924 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.

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Polonaises, Op. 71 (Chopin)

The three Polonaises, Op. 71 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in his earlier days, possibly as early as 1820.

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Preludes (Chopin)

Frédéric Chopin wrote a number of preludes for piano solo.

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Relative key

In music, relative keys are the major and minor scales that have the same key signatures.

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Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann (8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer and an influential music critic.

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Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (r; 27 April 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductor.

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Soprano saxophone

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s.

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String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven)

The String Quartet No.

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String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)

The String Quartet No.

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String Quartet No. 5 (Shostakovich)

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No.

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String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No.

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String Sextet No. 1 (Brahms)

The String Sextet No. 1 in b major, Op. 18, was composed in 1860 by Johannes Brahms and premiered in Hanover by an ensemble led by Joseph Joachim.

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Symphony No. 1 (Schumann)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 24 (Mozart)

Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 33 (Mozart)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 36 (Michael Haydn)

Michael Haydn's Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 5 (Bruckner)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)

Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 5 (Schubert)

Franz Schubert's Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 98 (Haydn)

The Symphony No.

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Tenor saxophone

The Tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s.

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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Transposing instrument

A transposing instrument is a musical instrument whose music is recorded in staff notation at a pitch different from the pitch that actually sounds (concert pitch).

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-flat_major

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