SCALE REFERENCE

B Phrygian

B – C – D – E – F♯ – G – A1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

Minor with a flat 2nd — dark and Spanish-tinged. The 3rd mode of the major scale.

Notes & degrees
B1Cb2Db3E4F♯5Gb6Ab7
NotesB, C, D, E, F#, G, A
StepsH – W – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
BCDEGAF♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABCDEBBCDEF♯GABGGABCDEF♯GDDEF♯GABCDAABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDE

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

357912AABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDECCDEF♯GABCGGABCDEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iBmBm7
♭IICCmaj7
♭IIIDD7
ivEmEm7
v°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
♭VIGGmaj7
♭viiAmAm7

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

iBm♭IIC♭IIIDivEmv°F♯dim♭VIG♭viiAm
Other scales on B

Core scales & modes

B MajorB Natural MinorB Harmonic MinorB Melodic MinorB DorianB 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
Phrygian on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭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.