B Minor Scale on Piano

B Minor: 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 H W W H W W

Same notes as

• D Major

Finding it on the keys

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

About the Minor scale

• Darker and more serious than major.
• Rock ballads, metal, film scores.
• Its relative major starts on the ♭3 and uses the same notes.

Chords in B Minor

• i: Bm
• ii°: C♯°
• ♭III: D
• iv: Em
• v: F♯m
• ♭VI: G
• ♭VII: A

Other instruments

• B Minor on Guitar
• B Minor on Bass
• B Minor on Ukulele

More on B Minor

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