B major
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| Relative key | G♯ minor | |
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| Parallel key | B minor | |
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| B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, B | ||
B major is a major scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, and B. Its key signature consists of five sharps.
Its relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its enharmonic equivalent is C-flat major.
The key signature for B major is the least sharp key signature with three "lines" of sharps. In the treble clef, putting the sharp for A on its expected position relative to the sharp for G would require a ledger line. In the bass clef it would be possible to do this, but because in piano music this would result in a disuniformity that might throw off sight-reading, the B major key signature is practically the same in the bass clef as it is in the treble clef. In the alto clef, which occurs in string quartets and orchestral music, the B major key signature is usually written in just two "lines" of sharps.
Note that in German, the pitch B is called "H," and B-flat is called "B".
[edit] Well known classical pieces in this key
- Slavonic Dance No. 9 -Antonín Dvořák
- Finale, Firebird -Igor Stravinsky
- Finale, Swan Lake -Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- La Donna è Mobile -Giuseppe Verdi (Rigoletto).
[edit] Well known songs in this key
- Penny Lane - The Beatles (chorus in A major)
- Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
- We Used To Be Friends - The Dandy Warhols (Veronica Mars theme)
- A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
- Always With Me, Always With You - Joe Satriani
- True Blue - Madonna
- Run - Collective Soul
- Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
- The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
- Take A Chance On Me - ABBA
- Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
- Beat On The Brat - The Ramones
- Yellow - Coldplay
- Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
- California Girls - The Beach Boys
- Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
- Ghostbusters theme - Ray Parker Jr.
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
- If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
- Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
- Heart of the Sunrise - Yes
- Without You- Badfinger (covered by Harry Nilsson)
- Tennessee Christmas- Amy Grant
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es:Si mayor ja:ロ長調 pl:H-dur ru:Си мажор vi:Si trưởng
[edit] External links
- B Major - Free B Major Scale Print Out with Arpeggios and Broken Chords for Piano with Fingering
