SCALE REFERENCE

B Major Pentatonic

B – C♯ – D♯ – F♯ – G♯1 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

B1C♯2D♯3F♯5G♯6

Notes	B, 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.