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B minor pentatonic scale on guitar

B minor pentatonic has 5 notes: B, D, E, F♯, A.

B minor pentatonic: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteBDEF♯A
Degree1♭345♭7
Step32232

B minor pentatonic on the whole neck

Every B minor pentatonic note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

B minor pentatonic scale, note names, frets 0 to 15E2F#2A2B2D3E3F#3A2B2D3E3F#3A3B3D3E3F#3A3B3D4E4A3B3D4E4F#4A4B3D4E4F#4A4B4D5E4F#4A4B4D5E5F#56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B minor pentatonic
Note names
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B minor pentatonic scale, degrees, frets 0 to 1545b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b34b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B minor pentatonic
Degrees

B minor pentatonic in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a B falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

B minor pentatonic, position 1, frets 0 to 445b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E401234
    Position 1: frets 0–4, 12 notes
    B minor pentatonic, position 2, frets 2 to 55b71b345b71b345b76E25A24D33G32B31E423456
      Position 2: frets 2–5, 12 notes
      B minor pentatonic, position 3, frets 4 to 7b71b345b71b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E445678
        Position 3: frets 4–7, 12 notes
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        B minor pentatonic, position 4, frets 7 to 111b345b71b345b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E47891011
          Position 4: frets 7–11, 12 notes
          B minor pentatonic, position 5, frets 9 to 12b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
            Position 5: frets 9–12, 12 notes

            Triads in B minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1BmB minor arpeggio
            ♭3DD major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in B minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1Bm7Bm7 arpeggio · Bm7 drop 2 · Bm7 drop 3 · Bm7 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of B minor pentatonic, starting from another root.

            Minor pentatonic in every key

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