B flat minor
Five-flat musical key
B flat minor is a musical key with B flat as its tonic and a minor scale pattern.
It has five flats in its key signature.
The key appears in classical works known for their dark or melancholic character, including Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 with its famous funeral march.
The piece modulates from D flat major to B flat minor.
- key signatureNotation showing tonal center
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
- piano sonataClassical composition for keys
- nocturneContemplative keyboard piece
sonata · dark · somber · pianissimo · left hand · tone poem · funeral march · prelude · black keys · haunting · brooding · chromatic · Rachmaninoff · mournful · diminished · tonic · scale · arpeggio