SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Major Pentatonic

B♭ – C – D – F – G1 2 3 5 6

The major scale with the two notes that can clash (4 and 7) removed — five notes that sound right over almost any major-key chord.

Notes & degrees

B♭1C2D3F5G6

Notes	Bb, C, D, F, G
Steps	2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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.

Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ Major B♭ Natural Minor B♭ Harmonic Minor B♭ Melodic Minor B♭ Dorian B♭ Phrygian B♭ Lydian B♭ Mixolydian B♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

B♭ Minor Pentatonic B♭ Blues B♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B♭ Harmonic Major B♭ Phrygian Dominant B♭ Lydian Dominant B♭ Altered B♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

B♭ Hungarian Minor B♭ Double Harmonic Major B♭ Neapolitan Minor

Major Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭E F F♯G♭G A♭G♯A B♭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.