b-flat

Not a lot of major works are set in b-flat and those that are tend to be idiosyncratic and usually more upbeat than the more familiar b-flat.

Adam Langer on Musicals, Real Estate and Faith « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008

In Ex. 17, No. 1, the cadence is made with the tonic harmony of G minor, but with the Third (_b-flat_) at the top.

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

The rest range from a dappled dun to the colour of a b-flat piano key.

Whirligigs O. Henry 1886

The baritone had eaten something that did not agree with him, and he stopped playing and laid down in a life boat, the alto became cold around the extremities and quit playing and went to the smoke stack to warm himself, the b-flat began to perspire and quit playing and fanned himself with the cymbals, and all of the horn blowers were e-flat and b-flat on the deck in less than two minutes.

Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 1878

The last half-hour was particularly epic, with "Gabriela" going all over the map, from flamenco to psychobilly; a souped-up electric "Slight Figure of Speech" with Dave Mayfield helping out; and joyful finale of "Paranoia in b-flat Major" that took a second try to get perfect.

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The half steps seems to have been saved for this phrase, for it begins with the reiteration of the alternation of b-flat with a; "nomen ejus" begins with the half step F-E and rises to a-b-flat-a, "Emmanuel" contains three E-F half steps.

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Stenhammar (1871-1927) • Concerto nr. 1 b-flat minor (42 ') • Concerto nr d-m cinok (35') 20thpCENT

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Here are a few more: glorious b-flat noodles carbonated burlap gentleman forgetful elbow soda mighty duckie snacks concealed explorer fondue feathery professor moments angry tuba gravy.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2 1985

Thus, even though a glorious b-flat cyclotron may never be devised, the expression doesn't warm the heart quite like the noodles, simply because our daily experience with cyclotrons may not, a priori, preclude the possibility of their being either glorious or tuned in the key of b-flat.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2 1985

the book-a-ma-jig could also be used as a music stand thereby allowing the cyclist to play the b-flat cornet while navigating the streets.

Going Down Hard: Saucy Kangaroos and Spicy Videos BikeSnobNYC 2010