B-flat major is a major scale based on Bflat, with pitches B, C, D, Eflat, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative minor is G minor and its parallel minor is B-flat minor.

The B-flat major scale is:

Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The B-flat harmonic major and melodic major scales are:

Many transposing instruments are pitched in B-flat major, including the most common types of clarinet and trumpet, along with the tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone. As a result, B-flat major is one of the most common keys for concert band compositions.

Scale degree chords

The scale degree chords of B major are:

• Tonic – B major

• Supertonic – C minor

• Mediant – D minor

• Subdominant – E major

• Dominant – F major

• Submediant – G minor

• Leading tone – A diminished

Notable classical compositions

François Couperin

• Les Barricades Mystérieuses

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

Luigi Boccherini

• Cello Concerto No. 9, G. 482

Joseph Haydn

• Symphony No. 85 (La Reine)

• Symphony No. 98

• Symphony No. 102

• Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon

• String Quartet Op. 50 No. 1

• String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 (Sunrise)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Symphony No. 2

• Symphony No. 5

• Symphony No. 24

• Symphony No. 33

• Piano Concerto No. 6

• Piano Concerto No. 15

• Piano Concerto No. 18

• Piano Concerto No. 27

• String Quintet No. 1

• String Quartet No. 17 (Hunt)

• Violin Sonata No. 32

• Piano Sonata No. 3

• Piano Sonata No. 13 (Linz)

• Piano Sonata No. 17

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Piano Concerto No. 2

• Symphony No. 4

• String Quartet, Op 18 No. 6

• String Quartet Op. 130

• The Große Fuge for string quartet

• Piano Sonata, Op. 22

• Piano Sonata, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier)

• Piano Trio, Op. 97 (Archduke)

Franz Schubert

• Impromptu No. 3, Op. 142

• Mass No. 3

• Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965

• Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960

• Piano Trio No. 1, D. 898

• Symphony No. 2

• Symphony No. 5

Felix Mendelssohn

• Symphony No. 2 (Lobgesang)

• String Quintet No. 2

• Cello Sonata No. 1

Frédéric Chopin

• Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2

• Mazurka Op. 7, No. 1

• Prelude Op. 28, No. 21 "Sunday"

• Polonaise Op. 71, No. 2

Robert Schumann

• Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, (Frühling)

• The second, fourth and sixth movement of Kreisleriana, Op. 16

• Humoreske for piano, Op. 20

• Faschingsschwank aus Wien for piano, Op. 26

Franz Liszt

• Transcendental Étude No. 5 (Feux follets) from Transcendental Études

Anton Bruckner

• Symphony No. 5

Johannes Brahms

• Piano Concerto No. 2

• String Quartet No. 3

• String Sextet No. 1

• Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

• Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Max Bruch

• Octet

Modest Mussorgsky

• "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition

Ernest Chausson

• Symphony

Vincent d'Indy

Ottorino Respighi

• "The Pines of the Villa Borghese" from Pines of Rome

Bohuslav Martinů

• Symphony no. 1

Sergei Prokofiev

• Symphony No. 5

• Piano Concerto No. 4

• Piano Sonata No. 7

• Piano Sonata No. 8

Dmitri Shostakovich

• String Quartet No. 5

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