B♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale on Bass

B♭ Minor Pentatonic: B♭ D♭ E♭ F A♭. See every note on the bass fretboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: B♭ D♭ E♭ F A♭
• Formula: 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, 1½ step and a half): 1½ W W 1½ W

Same notes as

• D♭ Major Pentatonic

About the Minor Pentatonic scale

• Five notes, and the first scale most guitarists solo with.
• Rock and blues solos: it works over a whole minor or blues progression.

Chords that fit (from B♭ Minor)

• i: B♭m
• ii°: C°
• ♭III: D♭
• iv: E♭m
• v: Fm
• ♭VI: G♭
• ♭VII: A♭

Other instruments

• B♭ Minor Pentatonic on Guitar
• B♭ Minor Pentatonic on Piano
• B♭ Minor Pentatonic on Ukulele

More on B♭ Minor Pentatonic

• Chord progressions in B♭ Minor