Pentatonic & blues
B♭ minor pentatonic scale
The go-to scale for rock and blues guitar solos, and the first scale most guitarists learn.
Its relative major pentatonic is D♭ major pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- B♭D♭E♭FA♭
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
How to play the B♭ minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------6-9-| B|-----------------6-9-----| G|-------------6-8---------| D|---------6-8-------------| A|-----6-8-----------------| E|-6-9---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 6–9
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 4 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------1-4-| E|-----1-------| C|-1-3---------| G|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
