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  2. B-flat major - Wikipedia

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    B-flat major is a major scale based on B ... As a result, B-flat major is one of the most popular keys for concert band compositions. Scale degree chords

  3. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    B ♭ 2: Contra-alto clarinet: E ♭ 2: Contrabass clarinet: B ♭ 1: Octocontra-alto clarinet E ♭ 1: B ♭ octocontrabass clarinet B ♭ 0: Cornet Soprano cornet: E ♭ 4: Cornet: B ♭ 3: Crotales: C 6: Csakan: A ♭ 4: Euphonium: B ♭ 2: When notated in treble clef fife Folk B ♭ fife: A ♭ 4: Flute: D ♭ piccolo: D ♭ 5: Piccolo: C 5 ...

  4. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    For example, playing a written middle C on a transposing instrument produces a pitch other than middle C; that sounding pitch identifies the interval of transposition when describing the instrument. Playing a written C on clarinet or soprano saxophone produces a concert B ♭ (i.e. B ♭ at concert pitch), so these are referred to as B ...

  5. French horn - Wikipedia

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    The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B ♭ (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most often used by players in professional orchestras and bands, although the descant and triple horn have become increasingly popular.

  6. Method (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a method is a kind of textbook for a specified musical instrument or a selected problem of playing a certain instrument.. A method usually contains fingering charts or tablatures, etc., scales and numerous different exercises, sometimes also simple etudes, in different keys, in ascending order as to difficulty (= in methodical progression) or with a focus on isolated aspects like ...

  7. Lead guitar - Wikipedia

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    To create lead guitar lines, guitarists use scales, modes, arpeggios, licks, and riffs that are performed using a variety of techniques. [1] In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, lead guitar lines often employ alternate picking, sweep picking, economy picking and legato (e.g., hammer ons, pull offs), which are used to maximize the speed of ...

  8. Category:B-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for all transposing instruments that sound music written in the key of C in the key of B ♭, regardless of octave. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  9. List of horn techniques - Wikipedia

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    However, playing a 3rd space C (F-horn, open) and repeating the stopped horn, the pitch will lower a half-step to a B-natural (or 1/2 step above B ♭, the next lower partial). The hand horn technique developed in the classical period, with music pieces requiring the use of covering the bell to various degrees to lower the pitch accordingly.