Pentatonic & blues
B♭ major pentatonic scale
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
- B♭CDFG
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the B♭ major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------6-8-| B|-----------------6-8-----| G|-------------5-7---------| D|---------5-8-------------| A|-----5-8-----------------| E|-6-8---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–8
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------1-3-| E|-----1-------| C|-0-2---------| G|-------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
