B Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar

B Minor Pentatonic: B D E F♯ A. See every note on the guitar 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: Bm
• ii°: C♯°
• ♭III: D
• iv: Em
• v: F♯m
• ♭VI: G
• ♭VII: A

Other instruments

• B Minor Pentatonic on Piano
• B Minor Pentatonic on Bass
• B Minor Pentatonic on Ukulele

More on B Minor Pentatonic

• Chord progressions in B Minor