Also written B♭ Natural Minor — the same pitches spelled the other way.
The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.
| Notes | A#, B#, C#, D#, E#, F#, G# |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Aeolian |
Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.
The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | A♯m | A♯m7 |
| ii° | B♯dim | B♯m7♭5 |
| ♭III | C♯ | C♯maj7 |
| iv | D♯m | D♯m7 |
| v | E♯m | E♯m7 |
| ♭VI | F♯ | F♯maj7 |
| ♭VII | G♯ | G♯7 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
A♯m – G♯ – F♯
A♯m – D♯m – E♯m
A♯m – F♯ – C♯ – G♯
Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.
See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.