SCALE REFERENCE

B Altered

B – C – D – E♭ – F – G – A1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7

Every tension a dominant chord can take — b9, #9, b5 and #5. The go-to scale over an altered dominant resolving to a minor chord. The 7th mode of melodic minor.

Notes & degrees
B1Cb2Db3E♭b4Fb5Gb6Ab7
NotesB, C, D, Eb, F, G, A
StepsH – W – H – W – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledSuper Locrian, Diminished Whole Tone
Piano
BCDFGAE♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGABCDE♭BBCDE♭FGABGGABCDE♭FGDDE♭FGABCDAABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭CCDE♭FGABCGGABCDE♭FG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°BdimBm7♭5
♭iiCmCm(maj7)
♭iiiDmDm7
♭IV+E♭augE♭maj7♯5
♭VFF7
♭VIGG7
♭vii°AdimAm7♭5

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

i°Bdim♭iiCm♭iiiDm♭IV+E♭aug♭VF♭VIG♭vii°Adim
Other scales on B

Core scales & modes

B MajorB Natural MinorB Harmonic MinorB Melodic MinorB DorianB PhrygianB LydianB MixolydianB Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B Major PentatonicB Minor PentatonicB BluesB Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B Harmonic MajorB Phrygian DominantB Lydian DominantB Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B Whole ToneB Diminished (Whole–Half)B Diminished (Half–Whole)B Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B Hungarian MinorB Double Harmonic MajorB Neapolitan Minor
Altered on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯B
Keep exploring

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.