Chopin's funeral march is in B flat this, a group of keys used to depict sadness
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on black keys, and so he would start his pupils on scales of B, F# and D-flat and 
... evident in his recording of the funeral march movement of the Chopin Sonata # 
2... [DOC] [TLE] Key Quality - JStor [PAR] 'Fruihlingsrauschen,' and hastily dub D flat the drawing-room key, of faded, 
velvety ... All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms .... adequate; the minor 
suits tenderness, sadness and mournful songs; ... G and D major, once common 
as piano keys, show signs of ..... B flat minor inevitably calls up Chopin's ' Funeral 
March '.