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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).
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This article is about the major scale B. Not to be confused with
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253:Although B major is usually considered a remote
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345:is in B major. The "Tuileries" movement from
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363:in B minor ends in B major. The Finale from
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498:. Cambridge University Press. p. 34.
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367:'s Firebird Suite is also in this key.
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341:. The second movement of Beethoven's
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343:Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
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470:List of symphonies in B major
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993:Compositions in B major
379:chords of B major are:
327:Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8
244:download the audio file
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233:The B major scale is:
18:Major scale based on B
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315:Piano Sonata, D. 575
371:Scale degree chords
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63:Dominant key
51:Parallel key
39:Relative key
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415:Subdominant
357:Tchaikovsky
301:Flower Duet
271:black notes
143:major scale
75:Subdominant
977:Categories
476:References
437:Submediant
393:Supertonic
347:Mussorgsky
224:enharmonic
222:, and its
87:Enharmonic
23:Bei Maejor
388:– B major
296:Rigoletto
293:'s opera
202:has five
145:based on
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902:♯
892:♯
882:♭
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566:Diatonic
459:See also
426:Dominant
311:Schubert
194:♯
185:♯
176:♯
163:♯
154:♯
130:♯
124:♯
118:♯
112:♯
106:♯
529:B major
420:E major
404:Mediant
331:B minor
303:" from
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261:in the
259:C major
220:B minor
139:B major
80:E major
56:B minor
29:B major
629:minor
626:Major
610:Sharps
569:scales
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323:Brahms
214:, its
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204:sharps
189:, and
115:, E, F
622:minor
617:Major
605:Flats
385:Tonic
306:Lakmé
291:Verdi
279:Haydn
141:is a
573:keys
571:and
500:ISBN
375:The
103:B, C
600:No.
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