E♭ (musical note)
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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 DTemplate:Music (D-sharp) or re dièse. In equal temperament it is also enharmonic with FTemplate:Music. However, in some temperaments, DTemplate:Music is not the same as ETemplate:Music. ETemplate:Music is a perfect fourth above [[B♭ (musical note)|BTemplate:Music]], whereas DTemplate:Music is a major third above B.
When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of the ETemplate:Music above middle C (or ETemplate:Music4) is approximately 311.127 Hz. See pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.
Well-known compositions in E-flat major
The prelude to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold is a famous piece of drone music that begin with a low E flat and builds to more and more elaborate figurations of the chord of E flat major. It is used in this opera to portray the motion of the river Rhine.
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 (also known as The Emperor) and Symphony No. 3 (also known as the Eroica) are two more well-known piece set in the key of E-flat major. Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 3 (also known as the Rhenish Symphony) is yet another.
Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile is a well-known popular music piece commonly performed in E-flat major.
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