B Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of B Major

🦋 Here's a beautiful B major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in B major.

🎸 You'll also find the B major scale on the guitar fretboard.

ⓘ The C_♭ major scale is enharmonic to the B major scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names: C_♭ D_♭ E_♭ F_♭ G_♭ A_♭ B_♭.

The B major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches B, C^♯, D^♯, E, F^♯, G^♯ and A^♯. Its relative minor is G^♯ minor.

The B major scale has a key signature of 5 sharps: F^♯, C^♯, G^♯, D^♯ and A^♯.

The key of B major is closely related to the key of E major and the key of F^♯ major.

→ go to all major & minor scales

B major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the B major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the B major scale up and down:

• B
• C^♯
• D^♯
• E
• F^♯
• G^♯
• A^♯
• B

B Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the B major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the B major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

Chords in the key of B major
(B major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of B major are: B major, C^♯ minor, D^♯ minor, E major, F^♯ major, G^♯ minor and A^♯ diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Popular Songs in the Key of B Major

• November Rain by Guns N' Roses
• Lightning Crashes by Live
• Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana
• Scars by Papa Roach
• Thunderstruck by AC/DC
• Lights by Ellie Goulding
• The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel
• Drive by The Cars
• California Girls by The Beach Boys
• Sailing by Rod Stewart
• Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
• I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Major scale formula

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

• W-W-H-W-W-W-H

W = Whole step   H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C majorC^♯ majorD_♭ majorD majorE_♭ majorE majorF majorF^♯ majorG_♭ majorG majorA_♭ majorA majorB_♭ majorC_♭ major

C minor C^♯ minor D_♭ minorD minorD^♯ minorE_♭ minorE minorF minorF^♯ minorG minorG^♯ minorA_♭ minorA minorA^♯ minorB_♭ minorB minor