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Spanish: B bemol

English translation: B flat



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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:B bemol
English translation:B flat
Entered by:Catalina Bahia
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Music / Articulo periodistico
Spanish term or phrase: B bemol
La estructura se abre y varía hacia un slow tempo, un arpegio en B menor con tónica en B y bajos descendentes en A, G y luego ascendente en A, B bemol y otra vez B.
Catalina Bahia
Argentina
B flat
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-flat_major
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/bemol

HTH
Selected response from:

Irina-Maria Foray
Romania
Note from asker to answerer
Irina: Muchas gracias por tu respuesta. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8B flatIrina-Maria Foray
5 +3B flat
Ryan Becker
5B flatClayton Causey
5 -2B Flat Minoricemaster


  

Answers

1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
B flat

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-flat_major
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/bemol

HTH

Irina-Maria Foray
Romania
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Irina: Muchas gracias por tu respuesta. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree John Paul Weir
2 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree Victoria Burns:
15 mins
  -> Thank you, Victoria!
agree Laurel Clausen
20 mins
  -> Thank you, Laurel!
agree Shawn Keeney
40 mins
  -> Thank you, Shawn!
agree Ximena Novoa
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ximena!
agree bbt-ruth
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ruth!
agree Onandia Martinez
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Onandia!
agree Clayton Causey: This is referring to individual bass notes not the key of the piece or the instruments register in this case. The answer is most definitely B flat. I specialize in this field.
1 day10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Clayton!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
B flat

Explanation:
B Bemol is B flat, which is very common in music, referring to the key of the piece, as well as the key of some instruments.


    Reference: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Complete_Encyclopaedia_of_Musi...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-flat_major
Ryan Becker
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree John Paul Weir: you're both right!!
0 min
  -> thanks John Paul!
agree Laurel Clausen
18 mins
agree Clayton Causey: This is referring to individual bass notes not the key of the piece or the instruments register in this case. The answer is most definitely B flat. I specialize in this field.
1 day10 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
B Flat Minor

Explanation:
The opposite is B Flat Major


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-flat_minor
icemaster
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Jim Tucker: Yours would be si bemol menor"; unless otherwise specified "mayor" is assumed, as in English. A possible source of confusion might be German "moll", which is etymologically related and does mean minor - so "B-moll" in German does mean "B-flat minor"
53 mins
disagree Clayton Causey: The major/minor opposition only applies to chords, key signatures, etc. This is referring to individual bass notes and not to anything that would require a major/minor addition. The answer is most definitely B flat. I specialize in this field.
1 day10 hrs
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1 day10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
B flat

Explanation:
Sample Translation:

The structure floats around a slow tempo, B minor arpeggio first with the tonic on B then with the bass line descending to A then G afterwhich it ascends to A then B flat and finally back to B.

Note 1: This is an intriguing document indeed! Please, if anyone knows, tell me where in the Hispanophone world do they use this system instead of a fixed-do solfege system.

Note 2: The use of the English adjective "slow" is odd. Italian is music's international language

Note 3: The use of B flat in this context, namely the key of B minor, is incorrect by the strictest definition. It should be A sharp "La sostenido" (or I suppose in this document "A sostenido").

Question: Dear submitter, please indulge me by confirming or denying my suspicions. Was the original document written by a Spanish-speaking musician who performs popular music and lives in the US?

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Note added at 2 days10 hrs (2008-03-29 03:48:41 GMT)
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Se me hace raro que no se use el sistema do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si en el original.

Clayton Causey
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Clayton: el articulo fue escrito por un musico argentino, que vive en Argentina y se refiere a musicos mexicanos.

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