Relative minor: G minor
Parallel minor: Bb minor
- Fr. si bémol majeur
- It. si bemolle maggiore
- Ger. B-Dur
- Sp. si bemol mayor
B♭ minor (or the key of B♭ minor) is the tonality, scale or chord based on the tonal center of B♭. The scale and tonality are made up of the pitches B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭ and A♭, while the chord comprises of B♭, D♭, and F. Its key signature consists of five flats.
Bb minor's role in instrumentation
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Famous pieces in Bb minor
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| Scales and Keys |
| Major scales |
C major, C-sharp major, D-flat major, D major, E-flat major, E major, F major, F-sharp major, G-flat major, G major, A-flat major, A major, B-flat major, B major, C-flat major. |
| Minor scales |
C minor, C-sharp minor, D-flat minor, D minor, D-sharp minor, E-flat minor, E minor, F minor, F-sharp minor, G-flat minor, G minor, G-sharp minor, A-flat minor, A minor, B-flat minor, B minor, C-flat minor. |
| Modal scales |
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian. |
| Jazz scales |
Blues scale, Bebop scale, Altered scale, Lydian dominant scale/Acoustic scale, Phrygian dominant scale. |
| Other types |
Whole tone scale, Pentatonic scale, Octatonic scale/Diminished scale, Chromatic scale, Quarter-tone scale. |
