B♭ minor pentatonic scale
Notes in the scaleTap one to hear it and find it on the neck
- 1
- ♭3
- 4
- 5
- ♭7
Every B♭ minor pentatonic note on the neck.
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.
Position 1
Frets 6 to 9. Starts on B♭, the root, on the lowest string. Learn this one first.Position 2
Frets 8 to 11. Starts on D♭, the ♭3, on the lowest string.Position 3
Frets 10 to 14. Starts on E♭, the 4, on the lowest string.Position 4
Frets 13 to 16. Starts on F, the 5, on the lowest string.Position 5
Frets 3 to 6. 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.