B Major Scale

🦋 Here's a beautiful B major scale reference which shows the notes and fingering on a piano keyboard. Plus, an interactive tool to play chord progressions and a list of common chord progressions in the key of B major.

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B major scale

notes: B C^♯ D^♯ E F^♯ G^♯ A^♯

relative minor: G♯ minor

B
C^♯
D^♯
E
F^♯
G^♯
A^♯
B

B
F♯

C♯
G♯

D♯
A♯

E
B

B
E

C♯
F♯

D♯
G♯

A♯

left hand

right hand

chords in the key of B major

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.

showhide degrees & intervals

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

making a major scale

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

W-W-H-W-W-W-H

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W = Whole step H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale

C major D major E major F major G major A major D_♭/C^♯ major E_♭/D^♯ major G_♭/F^♯ major A_♭/G^♯ major B_♭/A^♯ major

C minor D minor E minor F minor G minor A minor B minor C^♯/D_♭ minor D^♯/E_♭ minor F^♯/G_♭ minor G^♯/A_♭ minor A^♯/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.