B Minor Scale on Piano, with B Natural, Melodic & Harmonic Minor

🍰 Here's an easy-peasy B minor scale piano keyboard reference, including the B natural minor scale (the default), B minor diatonic chords, B harmonic minor scale & B melodic minor scale

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The notes of the B minor scale are B, C^♯, D, E, F^♯, G and A

The relative major of the B minor scale is D major

B minor scale piano layout & finger position

The B natural minor scale is the default when we just say 'B minor scale'.

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

B
C^♯
D
E
F^♯
G
A
B

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-

B
F♯

C♯
G

D
A

E
B

B
E

C♯
F♯

D
G

left hand

right hand

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

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

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 minor

Here's list of popular minor key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of B minor. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:

i B min

iv E min

v F^♯ min

i B min

VI G maj

VII A maj

i B min

VI G maj

iv E min

v F^♯ min

i B min

III D maj

iv E min

v F^♯ min

i B min

iv E min

VII A maj

ii° C^♯ dim

v F^♯ min

i B min

VI G maj

III D maj

VII A maj

i B min

VII A maj

VI G maj

VII A maj

VI G maj

VII A maj

i B min

v F^♯ min

VII A maj

iv E min

Toggle B minor scale intervals & scale degrees

degrees	notes	intervals
1: Tonic	B	Unison
2: Supertonic	C^♯	Major 2nd
3: Mediant	D	Minor 3rd
4: Subdominant	E	Perfect 4th
5: Dominant	F^♯	Perfect 5th
6: Submediant	G	Minor 6th
7: Subtonic	A	Minor 7th
1: Octave/Tonic	B	Perfect 8th

B Harmonic Minor Scale

notes: B C^♯ D E F^♯ G A^♯

B
C^♯
D
E
F^♯
G
A^♯
B

ⓘ↓ about harmonic minor scale

From the natural minor scale, the harmonic minor scale is created by raising the 7th degree by a half step (semitone). That 7th degree becomes a leading-tone instead of a subtonic. It has a rather exotic sound, created by the gap between the 6th and 7th degrees. As its name implies, this scale works especially well for harmonies.

B Melodic Minor Scale

notes: B C^♯ D E F^♯ G^♯ A^♯

B
C^♯
D
E
F^♯
G^♯
A^♯
B

ⓘ↓ about melodic minor scale

The melodic minor is at times used with different notes up versus down the scale, but it can be played with the same notes up and down. It's created by raising both the 6th and 7th degrees by a half step. The alternative way of coming down the scale is using the natural minor scale down. Here the example uses the same notes up and down the scale.

Minor scale formula

🔧 The minor scales are constructed using these note patterns:

Natural Minor: W-H-W-W-H-W-W
Harmonic Minor: W-H-W-W-H-A2-H
Melodic Minor: W-H-W-W-W-W-H

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W = Whole step H = Half step A2 = Whole step + half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C major D major E major F major G major A major B 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 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.

B minor scale piano layout & finger position

left hand

right hand

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

last chords played

Common chord progressions in the key of B minor

Toggle B minor scale intervals & scale degrees

B Harmonic Minor Scale

ⓘ↓ about harmonic minor scale

B Melodic Minor Scale

ⓘ↓ about melodic minor scale

Minor scale formula

go to a different major or minor scale:

piano samples

drum samples

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