B-flat minor

American  

[bee flat mahy-ner] / ˈbi ˌflæt ˈmaɪ nər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has B flat as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having five flats.

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Example Sentences

“River Niger” has an infectious and captivating energy, rooted on a rhythmic B-flat minor ostinato, yet open in form with each soloist leading us on a journey throughout the recording.

From New York Times

Lucy wowed passers by at Leeds train station with her rendition of Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor.

From BBC

Ohlsson is world-renowned for his Chopin, and he’ll play the mighty Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor as well as the wistful Nocturne in B-flat Minor.

From Seattle Times

A funereal procession of winds and brass, more or less in B-flat minor, leads into a courtly, neo-Baroque theme.

From The New Yorker

In his first scheduled concert with the NSO on Saturday evening at Wolf Trap, Barnatan brought forth his best lyrical and poetic chops for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op.

From Washington Post