B Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of B Major
š¦ 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.
šø 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, CāÆ, DāÆ, E, FāÆ, G⯠and AāÆ. Its relative minor is G⯠minor.
The B major scale has a key signature of 5 sharps: FāÆ, CāÆ, GāÆ, D⯠and AāÆ.
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
The notes of the B major scale are
B,
C♯,
D♯,
E,
F♯,
G♯
and
A♯
The relative minor of the B major
scale is
GāÆ
minor
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
F♯
G♯
A♯
B
E
F♯
G♯
left hand
right hand
B Major Scale on Guitar
šø 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.
last chords played
Common chord progressions in the key of B major
Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of B major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:
Toggle B major scale intervals & scale degrees
degrees | notes | intervals |
---|---|---|
1: Tonic | B | Unison |
2: Supertonic | C♯ | Major 2nd |
3: Mediant | D♯ | Major 3rd |
4: Subdominant | E | Perfect 4th |
5: Dominant | F♯ | Perfect 5th |
6: Submediant | G♯ | Major 6th |
7: Leading Tone | A♯ | Major 7th |
1: Octave/Tonic | B | Perfect 8th |
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
š§ 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♭ majorCā major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
Piano Samples
The piano samples used for this B major scale reference are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Drum Samples
The drum samples used here are from “ Mailbox Badger : Public Domain Drum Samples : Vol. 2 ”by Mailbox Badger/Patrick Callan, licensed under CC BY 3.0.