SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Harmonic Minor

B♭ – C – D♭ – E♭ – F – G♭ – A1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Natural minor with a raised 7th, so the V chord becomes major and pulls strongly home. The gap between b6 and 7 gives it its distinctive colour.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D♭b3E♭4F5G♭b6A7
NotesBb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
CFAB♭D♭E♭G♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭AB♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FG♭AB♭GAB♭CD♭E♭FG♭DE♭FG♭AB♭CD♭AAB♭CD♭E♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭CD♭E♭

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

357912AAB♭CD♭E♭FG♭AEFG♭AB♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FG♭AB♭CGAB♭CD♭E♭FG♭

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iB♭mB♭m(maj7)
ii°CdimCm7♭5
♭III+D♭augD♭maj7♯5
ivE♭mE♭m7
VFF7
♭VIG♭G♭maj7
vii°AdimAdim7

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

iB♭mii°Cdim♭III+D♭augivE♭mVF♭VIG♭vii°Adim
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural 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♭ AlteredB♭ 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
Harmonic Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯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.