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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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“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

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 Mar. 18, 2019

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

Another type of these pieces is illustrated by the eighth, in B-flat minor.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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