B-flat minor

American

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

noun

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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“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 • Jun. 7, 2023

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

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

Levy launches into a four-minute solo: an extended trill, rat-a-tat patterns, eerie bent notes, mournful flourishes in the key of B-flat minor.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015

The 25-year-old Georgian pianist makes her Seattle debut with a program that will include Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2013

There now followed years of great activity spent in teaching and composing—well-known works being the first String Quartet and the Pianoforte Concerto in B-flat minor, first performed by von B�low at Boston in '88.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

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