SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Bebop Dominant

B♭ – C – D – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – A1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7

Mixolydian with a chromatic passing note between the b7 and the root — the extra note keeps chord tones landing on the beat in a running eighth-note line.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D3E♭4F5G6A♭b7A7
NotesBb, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, A
StepsW – W – H – W – W – H – H – H (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CDFGAB♭E♭A♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭AB♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGA♭AB♭GGA♭AB♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭AB♭CDAAB♭CDE♭FGA♭AEFGA♭AB♭CDE♭

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

357912AAB♭CDE♭FGA♭AEFGA♭AB♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭AB♭CGGA♭AB♭CDE♭FG

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

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♭ Altered

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian MinorB♭ Double Harmonic MajorB♭ Neapolitan Minor
Bebop Dominant on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭AB♭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.