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B♭ melodic minor scale on guitar

B♭ melodic minor has 7 notes: B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G, A.

B♭ melodic minor: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteB♭CD♭E♭FGA
Degree12♭34567
Step2122221

B♭ melodic minor on the whole neck

Every B♭ melodic minor 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♭ melodic minor scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2G2A2Bb2C3Db3Eb3F3G3A2Bb2C3Db3Eb3F3G3A3Bb3C4Eb3F3G3A3Bb3C4Db4Eb4F4G3A3Bb3C4Db4Eb4F4G4A4Bb4C4Db4Eb4F4G4A4Bb4C5Db5F4G4A4Bb4C5Db5Eb5F5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B♭ melodic minor
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B♭ melodic minor scale, degrees, frets 0 to 1556712b3456712b3456712456712b3456712b3456712b3456712b356712b34566E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B♭ melodic minor
Degrees

B♭ melodic minor 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♭ melodic minor, position 1, frets 1 to 556712b3456712b345676E25A24D33G32B31E4012345
    Position 1: frets 1–5, 17 notes
    B♭ melodic minor, position 2, frets 3 to 76712b3456712b3456716E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–7, 17 notes
      B♭ melodic minor, position 3, frets 6 to 1012b3456712b3456712b36E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 17 notes
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        B♭ melodic minor, position 4, frets 8 to 122b3456712b3456712b346E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–12, 17 notes
          B♭ melodic minor, position 5, frets 11 to 15456712b3456712b34566E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 17 notes

            Triads in B♭ melodic minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭mB♭ minor arpeggio
            2CmC minor arpeggio
            ♭3D♭augD♭ augmented arpeggio
            4E♭E♭ major arpeggio
            5FF major arpeggio
            6GdimG diminished arpeggio
            7AdimA diminished arpeggio

            Seventh chords in B♭ melodic minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭m(maj7)B♭m(maj7) arpeggio
            2Cm7Cm7 arpeggio · Cm7 drop 2 · Cm7 drop 3 · Cm7 drop 2 and 4
            ♭3D♭–
            4E♭7E♭7 arpeggio · E♭7 drop 2 · E♭7 drop 3 · E♭7 drop 2 and 4
            5F7F7 arpeggio · F7 drop 2 · F7 drop 3 · F7 drop 2 and 4
            6Gm7♭5Gm7♭5 arpeggio · Gm7♭5 drop 2 · Gm7♭5 drop 3 · Gm7♭5 drop 2 and 4
            7Am7♭5Am7♭5 arpeggio · Am7♭5 drop 2 · Am7♭5 drop 3 · Am7♭5 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

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

            Melodic minor in every key

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