SCALE REFERENCE

B Harmonic Minor

B – C♯ – D – E – F♯ – G – A♯1 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
B1C♯2Db3E4F♯5Gb6A♯7
NotesB, C#, D, E, F#, G, A#
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
BDEGC♯F♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GA♯BC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯DEF♯GDDEF♯GA♯BC♯DAA♯BC♯DEF♯GEEF♯GA♯BC♯DE

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♯DEF♯GEEF♯GA♯BC♯DECC♯DEF♯GA♯BGGA♯BC♯DEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iBmBm(maj7)
ii°C♯dimC♯m7♭5
♭III+DaugDmaj7♯5
ivEmEm7
VF♯F♯7
♭VIGGmaj7
vii°A♯dimA♯dim7

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

iBmii°C♯dim♭III+DaugivEmVF♯♭VIGvii°A♯dim
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.