I found this sheet music for a quartet by Haydn:
As you can see, on the cover it says B♭ major/ B-Dur / Si♭ majeur.
I can understand the first and the third terms, but is B-Dur another way of saying B♭? And why?
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3Welcome to the world of "musical terms in different languages" :-) . Wait 'til you have to learn German, French, and English tempo notations. – Carl Witthoft Sep 25 '15 at 12:42
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And of course Italian. – user1044 Sep 25 '15 at 16:08
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1I wasn't really moll-ified until I learned minor. – thrig Sep 25 '15 at 17:11
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Possible duplicate of Why note B is marked with H in Scandinavia and Germany? – Neil Meyer Oct 4 '15 at 18:35
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2The answers are similar, but these are very different questions. – Karen Oct 4 '15 at 19:02
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B is the German name for Bb (B natural is called H). Then "Dur" is the German for "major" (which again is really from Italian 'duro').
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1This is even more confusing than Si ( = B) which is pronounced like C (= Do) – Shevliaskovic Sep 25 '15 at 13:28
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2...And the opposite (minor) is molle, sometimes shortened to mol. – CharlieHanson Sep 25 '15 at 15:38
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@Shevliaskovic In most languages, C is not pronounced like Si, at least not in German. – el.pescado Sep 25 '15 at 20:56
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@el.pescado in most languages or in German? In English speaking ones, it does – Shevliaskovic Sep 25 '15 at 22:15
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