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
- BC♯D♯F♯G♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the B major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------7-9-| B|-----------------7-9-----| G|-------------6-8---------| D|---------6-9-------------| A|-----6-9-----------------| E|-7-9---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 6–9
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------2-4-| E|-----2-------| C|-1-3---------| G|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
