SCALE REFERENCE

B♭ Minor Pentatonic

B♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F – A♭1 b3 4 5 b7

Also written A♯ Minor Pentatonic — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The first scale most guitarists learn — five notes that carry rock, blues and pop solos. The relative of the major pentatonic.

Notes & degrees

B♭1D♭b3E♭4F5A♭b7

Notes	Bb, Db, Eb, F, Ab
Steps	3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 (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♭ Major 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

Minor Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭D♯E F F♯G A♭G♯A B♭A♯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.