B Blues Minor Scale

Construction

Third degree of the major pentatonic scale. This Blues Minor scale is constructed by starting with the root note of B and following a the sequence of steps: W+H W W+H W W. The 'W' (whole step) means to skip a note, and the 'H' (half step), means to pick the very next note. The final step in the sequence will always end at the root note (one octave higher).
Here is this process represented visually:
BCC#DD#EFF#GG#ABbBW+HWW+HWW

All Chords By Type

Chords that are compatible with this scale.

Chord TypeChords
7th Suspended FourthA7sus, E7sus
7th Suspended SecondA7sus2
Added 9thGadd9
MajorG
Major 2ndG2
Major 6thGM6
MinorEm
Minor 7thEm7
Minor Added 11thEmadd11
PowerchordA5, G5, E5, D5
Six-NineG6/9
Suspended FourthAsus, Esus, Dsus
Suspended SecondAsus2, Gsus2, Dsus2

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Triads Charts
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B Blues Minor Triads
Extended Chords Charts
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B Blues Minor Extended Chords
Scale Charts
Printable list of scale charts for in this scale and tuning.
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