Guitar scale
B Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale
B Minor Pentatonic is a five-note scale built from B, D, E, Gb, and A. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- BDEGbA
- Formula
- 1 b3 4 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 5 7 10
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent B root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the B root notes and connect the remaining minor pentatonic tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with B Minor Pentatonic loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use B minor pentatonic over B minor chords, power-chord riffs, and many blues or rock solos.
- Its five-note layout removes the half-step tensions from natural minor, which makes it easy to phrase on guitar.