B Major Scale: Interactive Piano Reference with Chords
🦋 Here's a beautiful B major scale reference which shows the notes and finger position on a piano keyboard. Plus, an interactive tool to play B major diatonic chords and a list of common chord progressions in the key of B major.
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B major scale notes, piano layout & finger position
notes: B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯
relative minor: G♯ minor
- B
- C♯
- D♯
- E
- F♯
- G♯
- A♯
- B
F♯
G♯
A♯
B
E
F♯
G♯
left hand
right hand
chords in the key of B major
(B major diatonic chords)
The 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
🔧 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 majorD majorE majorF majorG majorA majorD♭/C♯ majorE♭/D♯ majorG♭/F♯ majorA♭/G♯ majorB♭/A♯ major
C minorD minorE minorF minorG minorA minorB minor C♯/D♭ minorD♯/E♭ minorF♯/G♭ minorG♯/A♭ minorA♯/B♭ minor
piano samples
The piano samples used here 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.

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