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.

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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 G♯ 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

B
F♯

C♯
G♯

D♯
A♯

E
B

B
E

C♯
F♯

D♯
G♯

A♯

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right hand

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:

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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):

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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.

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:

I B maj

IV E maj

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

vi G^♯ min

ii C^♯ min

V F^♯ maj

vi G^♯ min

IV E maj

I B maj

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

iii D^♯ min

IV E maj

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

IV E maj

vi A^♯ min

V F^♯ maj

ii C^♯ min

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

vi G^♯ min

IV E maj

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

IV E maj

ii C^♯ min

V F^♯ maj

iii D^♯ min

vi G^♯ min

ii C^♯ min

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

V F^♯ maj

vi G^♯ min

IV E maj

I B maj

IV E maj

V F^♯ maj

I B maj

V F^♯ maj

ii C^♯ min

iii D^♯ min

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