SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Melodic Minor

B♭ – C – D♭ – E♭ – F – G – A1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

Minor with a raised 6th and 7th — a minor tonic with a major-scale top half. In jazz it is used ascending and descending both.

Notes & degrees
B♭1C2D♭b3E♭4F5G6A7
NotesBb, C, Db, Eb, F, G, A
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
CFGAB♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGAB♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FGAB♭GGAB♭CD♭E♭FGDE♭FGAB♭CD♭AAB♭CD♭E♭FGAEFGAB♭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♭FGAEFGAB♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FGAB♭CGGAB♭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)
iiCmCm7
♭III+D♭augD♭maj7♯5
IVE♭E♭7
VFF7
vi°GdimGm7♭5
vii°AdimAm7♭5

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

iB♭miiCm♭III+D♭augIVE♭VFvi°Gdimvii°Adim
Other scales on B♭

Core scales & modes

B♭ MajorB♭ Natural MinorB♭ Harmonic 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
Melodic Minor on another root
CC♯D♭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.