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    B Minor Scale

    🍰 Easy-peasy B minor scale reference: B natural minor (the default), chords in the key of B minor, B harmonic minor & B melodic minor (coming soon)

    B natural minor scale

    the default when we just say 'B minor scale'

    notes: B C♯ D E F♯ G A

    relative major: D major

    • B
    • C♯
    • D
    • E
    • F♯
    • G
    • A
    • B
    degreesnotesintervals
    1: TonicBUnison
    2: SupertonicC♯Major 2nd
    3: MediantDMinor 3rd
    4: SubdominantEPerfect 4th
    5: DominantF♯Perfect 5th
    6: SubmediantGMinor 6th
    7: SubtonicAMinor 7th
    1: Octave/TonicBPerfect 8th

    chords in the key of B minor

    Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords.
    This can help coming up with chord progressions.

    i
    B minor B D F♯
    ii
    C♯ dim C♯ E G
    III
    D major D F♯ A
    iv
    E minor E G B
    v
    F♯ minor F♯ A C♯
    VI
    G major G B D
    VII
    A major A C♯ E

    last chords played

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    making a minor scale

    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

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

    piano samples

    The piano samples used here are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

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