B Major Scale on Piano

B Major: B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯
• Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W W H W W W H

Same notes as

• G♯ Minor

Finding it on the keys

• B is the white key just right of the three black keys
• White keys: B E
• Black keys: C♯ D♯ F♯ G♯ A♯

About the Major scale

• Bright and settled: the sound most melodies come home to.
• Pop, folk, country, hymns.
• Its relative minor starts on the 6th note and uses the same notes.

Chords in B Major

• I: B
• ii: C♯m
• iii: D♯m
• IV: E
• V: F♯
• vi: G♯m
• vii°: A♯°

Other instruments

• B Major on Guitar
• B Major on Bass
• B Major on Ukulele

More on B Major

• B Major on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in B Major