Although B major is usually considered a remote key (due to its distance from C major in the circle of fifths and fairly large number of sharps), Frédéric Chopin regarded its scale as the easiest of all to play on the piano, as its black notes fit the natural positions of the fingers well; as a consequence he often assigned it first to beginning piano students, leaving the scale of C major until last because he considered it the hardest of all scales to play completely evenly (because of its complete lack of black notes).[1]
major, this, article, about, major, scale, confused, with, maejor, major, scale, based, pitches, part, scale, signature, five, sharps, relative, minor, sharp, minor, parallel, minor, minor, enharmonic, equivalent, flat, major, relative, keyg, sharp, minorparal. This article is about the major scale B It is not to be confused with Bei Maejor B major or the key of B is a major scale based on B The pitches B C D E F G and A are all part of the B major scale Its key signature has five sharps Its relative minor is G sharp minor its parallel minor is B minor and its enharmonic equivalent is C flat major B majorRelative keyG sharp minorParallel keyB minorDominant keyF sharp majorSubdominantE majorEnharmonicC flat majorComponent pitchesB C D E F G A The B major scale is source Audio playback is not supported in your browser You can download the audio file Although B major is usually considered a remote key due to its distance from C major in the circle of fifths and fairly large number of sharps Frederic Chopin regarded its scale as the easiest of all to play on the piano as its black notes fit the natural positions of the fingers well as a consequence he often assigned it first to beginning piano students leaving the scale of C major until last because he considered it the hardest of all scales to play completely evenly because of its complete lack of black notes 1 Few large scale works in B major exist these include Haydn s Symphony No 46 The aria La donna e mobile from Verdi s opera Rigoletto is in the key as is the Flower Duet from Lakme Brahms s Piano Trio No 1 Op 8 is in B major though the piece ends in B minor Brahms also wrote the slow movement to his Second Symphony in B major as well as the fourth and last piece of the Ballades Op 10 The second movement of Beethoven s Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor is in B major The Tuileries movement from Mussorgsky s Pictures at an Exhibition is in the key Tchaikovsky s Manfred Symphony in B minor ends in B major See alsoMajor and minor List of symphonies in B majorReferences Eigeldinger Jean Jacques Shohet Naomi 1988 Chopin Pianist and Teacher As Seen by His Pupils Cambridge University Press p 34 ISBN 9781316101605 External links Media related to B major at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title B major amp oldid 1096644754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
