B minor

B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C-sharp, D, E, F-sharp, G, A-sharp and B (harmonic minor scale). Its key signature consists of two sharps. In German it is referred to as "h-moll", or "H minor".

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Its relative major is D major, and its parallel major is B major.

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Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

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Though B minor is closely related to D major, a very common key, B minor is not used frequently as the main key of a work of classical music. It is not an open string or natural harmonic on any instrument, except for a few string basses with an extra low B string, making it somewhat unsuitable for symphonic music. Notable examples of works in B minor include Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor.

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It is a common key used in rock, folk, country and other guitaristic styles because the standard tuning of a guitar causes all the open strings to be scale degrees of B minor.

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Minor scale: A minor scale in musical theory is a diatonic scale whose third scale degree is an interval of a minor third above the tonic. While some definitions of minor scale encompass modes with the minor third, such as Dorian mode, most musicians use the term to refer to the natural minor, harmonic minor, an...

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