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  2. E-flat major - Wikipedia

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    E-flat major was the second-flattest key Mozart used in his music. For him, E-flat major was associated with Freemasonry; "E-flat evoked stateliness and an almost religious character." [4] Edward Elgar wrote his Variation IX "Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations in E-flat major. Its strong, yet vulnerable character has led the piece to become a ...

  3. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    There can be up to seven flats in a key signature, applied as: B ♭ E ♭ A ♭ D ♭ G ♭ C ♭ F ♭ [9] [10] The major scale with one flat is F major. In all major scales with flat key signatures, the tonic in a major key is a perfect fourth below the last flat.

  4. List of E-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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    Tenor horn, known as an Alto Horn in the US; Tuba in E-flat (written at concert pitch when using the bass clef, only transposing when written in treble clef) Circular altohorn (Koenig horn) pitched in E ♭ Tenor cornet; Mellophone; Alto trombone; Vocal horn (cornet with an upward-facing bell) Duplex horn (Gemelli) pitched in E ♭

  5. Alto saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The alto saxophone has a large classical solo repertoire that includes solos with orchestra, piano, and wind symphony. Two important solo compositions are Jacques Ibert's "Concertino da Camera" and Alexander Glazunov's "Concerto in E Flat major". The alto saxophone is found in the standard instrumentation of concert bands and saxophone quartets ...

  6. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    On flute and saxophone, and in the second register of the clarinet, this scale is notated as a C scale. This is not the case for oboe (where this scale is D) or bassoon (where it is F). The note written as C sounds as the note of the instrument's transposition: on an E ♭ alto saxophone, that note sounds as a concert E ♭ , while on an A ...

  7. Altered scale - Wikipedia

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    In jazz, the altered scale, altered dominant scale, or super-Locrian scale (Locrian ♭ 4 scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential tones have been altered. This means that it comprises the three irreducibly essential tones that define a dominant seventh chord , which are root, major third, and minor seventh ...

  8. E♭ (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    Notes, of E Flat. E ♭ (E-flat) or mi bémol is the fourth semitone of the solfège. It lies a diatonic semitone above D and a chromatic semitone below E, thus being enharmonic to D ♯ or re dièse. In equal temperament it is also enharmonic with F (F-double flat). However, in some temperaments, D ♯ is not the same as E ♭.

  9. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    F subcontrabass flute F 1: Double contrabass flute C 1: Hyperbass flute C 0: Glockenspiel: C 6: Guitar Guitar: C 3: Handbells: C 5: Hardanger Fiddle: D 4: Horn Marching horn: B ♭ 3: Horn: F 3: Mellophone: Mellophone: F 3: Oboe: F piccolo oboe: F 4: E ♭ piccolo oboe E ♭ 4: Oboe d'amore: A 3: Cor anglais F 3: Heckelphone and Bass oboe C 3 ...