Major & minor
B♭ harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- B♭CD♭E♭FG♭A
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the B♭ harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------8--9--11-| B|-------------------------------------7--10-11----------| G|----------------------------6--8--10-------------------| D|-------------------7--8--10----------------------------| A|----------6--8--9--------------------------------------| E|-6--8--9-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 6–11
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-1-3-| E|-------1-2-------| C|-0-1-3-----------| G|-----------------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the B♭ harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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