SCALE REFERENCE

B Harmonic Major

B – C♯ – D♯ – E – F♯ – G – A♯1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
B1C♯2D♯3E4F♯5Gb6A♯7
NotesB, C#, D#, E, F#, G, A#
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
BEGC♯D♯F♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GA♯BC♯D♯EBBC♯D♯EF♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯D♯EF♯GDD♯EF♯GA♯BC♯AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯GEEF♯GA♯BC♯D♯E

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

357912AA♯BC♯D♯EF♯GEEF♯GA♯BC♯D♯ECC♯D♯EF♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯D♯EF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
IBBmaj7
ii°C♯dimC♯m7♭5
iiiD♯mD♯m7
ivEmEm(maj7)
VF♯F♯7
♭VI+GaugGmaj7♯5
vii°A♯dimA♯dim7

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

IBii°C♯dimiiiD♯mivEmVF♯♭VI+Gaugvii°A♯dim
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 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 Major 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.