B minor

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 a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C♯, D, E, F♯, G, and A. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major.

The B natural minor scale is:

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B natural minor scale" cis d e fis g a b a g fis e d cis b2 \clef F \key b \minor } }$

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

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B harmonic minor scale" cis d e fis g ais b ais g fis e d cis b2 } }$

${ \omit Score.TimeSignature \relative c' { \key b \minor \time 7/4 b^"B melodic minor scale (ascending and descending)" cis d e fis gis ais b a? g? fis e d cis b2 } }$

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 with Bach's use of the key in his St 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]

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Scale degree chords

Notable compositions in B minor

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Mass in B minor
- Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067
- Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
- French Suite No. 3, BWV 814
- Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
- Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Bagatelle Op. 126/4
- Allegretto WoO 61 for piano
Charles Auguste de Bériot
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 32
Alban Berg
- Piano sonata, Op. 1
Johannes Brahms
- Ballade (Intermezzo) Op. 10/3
- Capriccio Op. 78/2
- Rhapsody Op. 79/1
- Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115
- Intermezzo Op. 119/1
Alexander Borodin
- Symphony No. 2
- Sonata for cello and piano
Frédéric Chopin
- Scherzo No. 1, Op. 20
- Étude, Op. 25, No. 10
- Prelude in B minor "Tolling Bells", Op. 28, No. 6
- Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58
- Mazurka Op. 30/2
- Mazurka, Op. 33/4
- Waltz, Op. 69, No. 2
Gaetano Donizetti
- String Quartet No. 16
Antonín Dvořák
- Cello Concerto, Op. 104
Edward Elgar
- Violin Concerto
César Franck
- Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 89
Franz Liszt
- Piano Sonata, S. 178
- Ballade No. 2, S. 171
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Adagio, K. 540
Niccolò Paganini
- Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Moments musicaux No. 3, Op. 16
- Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10
- Études-Tableaux No. 4 in B minor, Op. 39
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61
Domenico Scarlatti
- 12 of his 555 piano sonatas: K 27, 87, 173, 197, 227, 293, 376, 377, 408, 409, 497, 498
Franz Schubert
- Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D. 759
- Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, D. 895
Alexander Scriabin
- Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Pezzo capriccioso
- Manfred Symphony
- Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), Op. 74
Georg Philipp Telemann
- Fantasia for flute solo No. 3
- Fantasia for violin solo No. 9
- Sonata for two flutes or violins No. 5
Antonio Vivaldi
- Trio Sonata Op. 1/11
- Violin Sonata, Op. 2/5
- Concerto for violin Op. 3/10
- Violin Sonata, Op. 5/4
- Violin Concerto for four violins Op. 9/12

References

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.

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Diatonic scales and keys

No.	Flats		Sharps
No.	Major	minor	Major	minor
0	C	a	C	a
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♯
8	F♭	d♭	G♯	e♯

The table indicates the number of sharps or flats in each scale. Minor scales are written in lower case.

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