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B minor pentatonic scale

Notes in the scaleTap one to hear it and find it on the neck

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. ♭7
Key
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Scale

Every B minor pentatonic note on the neck.

3579121517EF♯ABDEF♯ABDEF♯ABDEABDEF♯ABDEF♯ABDEF♯ABDEF♯ABDEF♯ABDEF♯A
B minor pentatonic scale guide

The B minor pentatonic scale

The minor pentatonic is the most used soloing scale on guitar. Its five notes fit in simple two-notes-per-string boxes, and it works over minor chords and over blues and rock progressions in the same key.

Its relative major is D major pentatonic, which uses the same notes starting from D.

Notes
B D E F♯ A
Formula
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
Steps
W+H W W W+H W
W is two frets, H is one fret

B minor pentatonic scale positions

Five boxes cover the whole neck. Each one fits under your hand without shifting. They overlap: the top of one box is the bottom of the next.

  1. 3579121517BDF♯ADEABEF♯BD

    Position 1

    Frets 7 to 10. Starts on B, the root, on the lowest string. Learn this one first.
  2. 3579121517DEABEF♯BDF♯ADE

    Position 2

    Frets 9 to 12. Starts on D, the ♭3, on the lowest string.
  3. 3579121517EF♯BDF♯ADEABEF♯

    Position 3

    Frets 11 to 15. Starts on E, the 4, on the lowest string.
  4. 3579121517F♯ADEABEF♯BDF♯A

    Position 4

    Frets 2 to 5. Starts on F♯, the 5, on the lowest string.
  5. 3579121517ABEF♯BDF♯ADEAB

    Position 5

    Frets 4 to 7. Starts on A, the ♭7, on the lowest string.

Chords in B minor

The B minor pentatonic scale works over the chords of B minor.