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Keyboard Fingering

It would be a good idea to add the standard keyboard fingering for a two-octave B minor scale.

Blowin' in the Wind

I saw sheet music for Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind in either this key or D major. Is it in one of those keys?

Obsurd

This is a really really silly article. What are the social implications of B minor? Has a war ever been fought over B minor? When did science discover B minor? What has been the impact on corn farming because of B minor? Are there any famous plays based on B minor? Sorry. - BBsbaixo 18:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to meet an individual who has not listened to music, some of which is in B minor. B minor is as essential as all the other keys, minor and major, and I would hope that you were at least consistent enough to post this to all the other talk pages on music keys. — $PЯINGrαgђ 00:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, in fact I was not consistant enough to list this in all the seperate keys. For that I apologize. My point being is that maybe all they seperate keys shouldn't exist as seperate articles. If they continue maybe we should all start listing all the music ever written with an anacrusis in the anacrusis article etc.

Bottesini Concerto in b minor

There are at least two autographed copies of this work in the Parma Conservatory that are in c minor. There is a popular edition of the work in b minor but these other manuscripts exist. Do I remove it from here or should I add it in c minor too to enhance that article?

Beethoven and B minor

I see that "Beethoven labelled a B minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a 'black key'". Very interesting. The more so, given that I've just recently come across a little piece previously unknown to me, Beethoven's Allegretto in B minor (WoO 61). The editor, Jack Werner (no relation) writes: "The only other Beethoven piano solo in the key of B minor known to me is the fourth of Six Bagatelles, Op. 126, the middle section of which is, like the present Allegretto, in B minor".

Did Beethoven write works in any other genres in B minor? Is there a ref that tells me something about composers' "favourite" keys, and the keys they least used, and why? -- JackofOz (talk) 22:25, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to look this up, and even checked the wikipedia list of Beethoven works, but was unable to find anything more than those two there. I did, however, find a "visualization" of Beethoven's least and most favorite keys: https://visual.ly/community/Infographics/lifestyle/classical-composers-favorite-keys. Antarctican2606 (talk) 13:24, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fade to Black

The article claims "Fade to Black" by Metallica is written in B minor. Although I am pretty sure the key is B minor about 5 minutes into the song, it modulates there from E minor, which itself is a modulation from A minor. Someone may wish to clear up the fact that the entire song is not in B minor, although part of it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.118.13 (talk) 00:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"A-double-sharp minor" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect A-double-sharp minor. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 31#A-double-sharp minor until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:43, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"C-flat minor" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect C-flat minor. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 31#C-flat minor until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:46, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistencies with Article Descriptions

When it comes to the article descriptions on keys, I usually see "Minor/major scale based on [note]", and that's what I've made most of the descriptions by adding descriptions to the articles. However, in the article for D major, I see a different description, something that is not common with the others, but is a bit more accurate.

I'm not sure what to do here - I've gone with the main standard for now, but should it be made better instead? What is the standard that should be established for descriptions of musical keys? Antarctican2606 (talk) 05:10, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]