Talk:B-flat major

German name

Why does German refer to this scale's name as if it were simply "B major" rather than "B-flat major"?? Georgia guy 17:26, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

From what I understand, a "B sharp" is not called a "B sharp" in German, and that's why you don't need to state that it's a "B flat." In German a "B sharp" is called "H-Dur" (B sharp), and "B-Dur" is (B flat). You can compare these by clicking on "deutsch" under "languages" on the left of your screen Repkow (talk) 17:42, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm just speculating here, but maybe it's because there is more old German music in F major than in C major. Thus, there was more of a need to refer to B-flat than to B, so B-flat got first dibs on the letter.

Whatever the reason, this has been thoroughly encrusted in tradition. Dmetric 19:02, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Note that in Centural Europe, B is B-flat and H is B-natural. 47.20.0.160 (talk) 15:41, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Image links

30-May-2007: In 2006/2007, Wikipedia images required both attributes "thumb|250px" to show a caption, as in:

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By itself, size "250px" ignores the caption "My picture" (confusing many people), which is considered bad form in computer languages (should warn & be corrected rather than ignore). Just remember to include "thumb" (or "frame") for a caption in an image-link.

Image hints in 2007:

• Limit most images to "thumb|300px" to avoid crowded text-wrapping.
• A small image followed directly by a big image often chops text.
• To resize larger than the original ("oversizing"), omit "thumb" (oversized images cannot have captions in 2007, yet).
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Overall, omitting "thumb" is the most common problem.

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Is it just me or are all the png links for every key broken except the one for C Major? FleetingJoy (talk) 16:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Which "png links"? In the overleaf article, B-flat major, I only see links to .svg images, and they all work as expected. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:22, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

It was just me evidently. All well now and no idea why it wasn't working that day.FleetingJoy (talk) 00:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

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how do oyu defin putting a sharp instead of a flat

Sources for Songs

Add these songs to the list if you can find sources for them. Biggest Part of Me-Ambrosia, For You I Will-Monica (turns to C Major near the end), How Am I Supposed to Live Without You-Michael Bolton (last verse in B Major), I Am I Said-Neil Diamond, It Takes Two-Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, Return to Innocence-Enigma, Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough-Patty Smyth and Don Henley. Cbsteffen (talk) 00:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Cbsteffen

Musical Key Characteristics

Should this, and other musical key pages, contain its assumed characteristics or list of, such as D-minor being the saddest key, or A♭-major being "the key of the grave"? https://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/courses/keys.html / 24.113.97.94 (talk) 22:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

"A-sharp major" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect A-sharp major. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 31#A-sharp major until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:11, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

"C-double-flat major" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect C-double-flat major. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 31#C-double-flat major until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 12:28, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

B flat makes certain notes sound different

🙂 2001:8003:7129:9100:15E2:4016:7280:F8F8 (talk) 23:47, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

B-flat major is one of the most popular keys for concert band compositions.

Is Star Wars an example of this? 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:D890:8BF2:2502:B9F0 (talk) 12:23, 16 September 2022 (UTC)