A B-flat is 400 cycles of vibrating molecules, G is something else. From Wordnik.com. [Willie]
They're pitched in A and B-flat, a mere half-tone apart, so why bother?. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
It mostly centers around the low A right before the B-flat major chords. From Wordnik.com. [Another Hammerklavier] Reference
G. Moulton, Virginia, Ill., an ebony 13-keyed B-flat clarionet, for a watch. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
A burst of melody, a discordant B-flat minor that could break your eardrums. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows]
I saw Pressler perform the B-flat sonata last summer and it was kind of sad. From Wordnik.com. [Zzzzz 3] Reference
Is that a malfunctioning siren humming in B-flat or the hum of the HVAC system?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
A great many symphonic parts are written for trumpets in keys other than B-flat. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
But I suppose I would not have been too enthusiastic about his playing the Schubert B-flat. From Wordnik.com. [Hope, blood, Turandot] Reference
I used to sing the national anthem for sports events, no funny stuff tho once went for the B-flat on a dare. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Tidying Up: Walton Decision, G/J and Other Bits] Reference
I guess they had to sing it a capella, in B-flat minor with a picardi ending, for it to register with Tucker. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Updated Katrina Timeline.] Reference
Played all four soprano clarinet parts 1st, 2nd, 3rd B-flat, and E-flat in one concert for NC All-State Band. From Wordnik.com. [Ten (More) Things I’ve Done You Probably Haven’t « Whatever] Reference
W.A. Pickering, Box 797, Eureka Springs, A.k., a ¼-horse-power steam engine, for a nickel-plated B-flat cornet. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
It is by Beethoven, a piano duet version of "The Grand Fugue in B-flat," one of his last and most audacious works. From Wordnik.com. [Beethoven Manuscript Sells for Nearly $2 Million] Reference
The IV chord, also called the subdominant, is a chord built on the fourth tone of the scale, in our example, a B-flat. From Wordnik.com. [Rural Blues:Structure And Development In The Post-Civil War South] Reference
The allegro, following a solemn slow introduction, at first seems as energetically impersonal as that of the B-flat work. From Wordnik.com. [Finished Symphonies] Reference
And after what the critic of La Stampa termed, a rather labored B-flat, howls of protest erupted from the opera balconies. From Wordnik.com. [Boos Drive Opera Singer Off of La Scala's Stage] Reference
I shuffled sleepily to the refrigerator, which kept up a stoic hum (B-flat) as I reached into its guts for a frozen bagel. From Wordnik.com. [Secondhand Music] Reference
But a "C" scale played on an A clarinet is exactly the same notes (a concert A scale) as a "B" scale on a B-flat instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
April 3, 2008 at 2:57 pm well, it was a NPR newsclip, wif a sound clip ob de trombone playin, guess whut, a Bb B-flat, u noe. From Wordnik.com. [no rush, just FYI… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
As a rough rule of thumb, passages in "sharp" keys are easier on an A clarinet, and those in "flat" keys are easier on a B-flat. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The sound of swarming B-flat horns streamed out of most TVs in town, and solitary horn blasts echoed down the canals at any hour. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Dutch Jazz Musician Willem Breuker] Reference
A half hour later Taylor was doing the bridge to "Anything Goes" when the front door swung open with its familiar D to B-flat squeak. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
Messrs. Bell and Denk will be playing Mozart's Violin Sonata in B-flat minor, which they have both played frequently, but never together. From Wordnik.com. [Mostly Mozart Serves Multi-Course Menu] Reference
Minus the piano, we heard the String Trio in B-flat major. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Dohnanyi: Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 8. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
If you were anywhere near a television set, June was the month of B-flat. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Let it B-flat: Abbey Road piano once used by The Beatles and Pink Floyd up for auction. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
It began with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk performing Mozart's Violin Sonata in B-flat major. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Back, Falling Ahead] Reference
She was taking a nap this time, and the Singer had to sing up to B-flat before she could wake her. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of Christmas Stories] Reference
And for Beethoven the sonatas in F minor, opus 57, "Appassionata," the opus 106 in B-flat, and opus 111 in C minor. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
He tentatively plays the B-flat fundamental, a note he always calls "C" just to annoy guitar players who always want to argue. From Wordnik.com. [The Aristocrats] Reference
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