Guitar scale · Pentatonic & blues
B major pentatonic scale on guitar
Every position of the B major pentatonic scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Five notes and no half steps, so nothing clashes — the sound of country, pop and classic rock solos.
Its relative minor pentatonic is G♯ minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- BC♯D♯F♯G♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 5 positions using the classic pentatonic box shapes
Position 1 tab · frets 6–9, ascending
e|---------------------7-9-| B|-----------------7-9-----| G|-------------6-8---------| D|---------6-9-------------| A|-----6-9-----------------| E|-7-9---------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 6. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
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