SCALE REFERENCE

B Melodic Minor

B – C♯ – D – E – F♯ – G♯ – A♯1 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
B1C♯2Db3E4F♯5G♯6A♯7
NotesB, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A#
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
BDEC♯F♯G♯A♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DAA♯BC♯DEF♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯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♯G♯EEF♯G♯A♯BC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯A♯BGG♯A♯BC♯DEF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iBmBm(maj7)
iiC♯mC♯m7
♭III+DaugDmaj7♯5
IVEE7
VF♯F♯7
vi°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
vii°A♯dimA♯m7♭5

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

iBmiiC♯m♭III+DaugIVEVF♯vi°G♯dimvii°A♯dim
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.