Guitar scale
Bb Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Bb Major Pentatonic is a five-note scale built from Bb, C, D, F, and G. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- BbCDFG
- Formula
- 1 2 3 5 6
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 7 9
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent Bb root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the Bb root notes and connect the remaining major pentatonic tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with Bb Major Pentatonic loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use Bb major pentatonic over Bb major chords, country phrases, pop melodies, and major blues ideas.
- It keeps the strongest major-scale tones while leaving out the 4 and 7.