SCALE REFERENCE

B Minor Pentatonic

B – D – E – F♯ – A1 b3 4 5 b7

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

Notes & degrees

B1Db3E4F♯5Ab7

Notes	B, D, E, F#, A
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.