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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
NoteB♭D♭E♭FA♭
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 15F2Ab2Bb2Db3Eb3F3Bb2Db3Eb3F3Ab3Bb3Eb3F3Ab3Bb3Db4Eb4F4Ab3Bb3Db4Eb4F4Ab4Bb4Db4Eb4F4Ab4Bb4Db5F4Ab4Bb4Db5Eb5F56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B♭ minor pentatonic
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B♭ minor pentatonic scale, degrees, frets 0 to 155b71b3451b345b7145b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b35b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • 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 1 to 45b71b345b71b345b76E25A24D33G32B31E401234
    Position 1: frets 1–4, 12 notes
    B♭ minor pentatonic, position 2, frets 3 to 6b71b345b71b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–6, 12 notes
      B♭ minor pentatonic, position 3, frets 6 to 101b345b71b345b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 12 notes
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        B♭ minor pentatonic, position 4, frets 8 to 11b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–11, 12 notes
          B♭ minor pentatonic, position 5, frets 11 to 1545b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 12 notes

            Triads in B♭ minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭mB♭ minor arpeggio
            ♭3D♭D♭ major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in B♭ minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭m7B♭m7 arpeggio · B♭m7 drop 2 · B♭m7 drop 3 · B♭m7 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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