B♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
The B♭ major pentatonic scale has five notes: B♭, C, D, F and G. It is the B♭ major scale without its 4th and 7th, which removes every half step — so almost nothing sounds wrong over B♭ major chords.
Notes
- B♭1
- C2
- D3
- F5
- G6
Step pattern: W – W – W+H – W – W+H (W = whole step, H = half step)
| Degree | Note | Interval from B♭ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B♭ | Root |
| 2 | C | Major 2nd |
| 3 | D | Major 3rd |
| 5 | F | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | G | Major 6th |
On the piano
On the guitar
Root Scale tone
Related scales
Practise it
- Country runCountry · moved up 3 frets into B♭
Explore it on the full fretboard · Piano scale explorer · Metronome