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Bb minor pentatonic scale

It has 5 notes: Bb Db Eb F Ab. Formula: 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7. Also written A# minor pentatonic scale.

Degree1♭345♭7
NoteBbDbEbFAb

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Box 4Frets 1–4 · root Bb
eBGDAE12345b71b345b71b345b7
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 1 (5), 4 (b7)
  • B: 2 (b3), 4 (4)
  • G: 1 (b7), 3 (1)
  • D: 1 (4), 3 (5)
  • A: 1 (1), 4 (b3)
  • E: 1 (5), 4 (b7)
Box 5Frets 3–6 · root Bb
eBGDAE3456b71b345b71b345b71
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (b7), 6 (1)
  • B: 4 (4), 6 (5)
  • G: 3 (1), 6 (b3)
  • D: 3 (5), 6 (b7)
  • A: 4 (b3), 6 (4)
  • E: 4 (b7), 6 (1)
Box 1Frets 6–9 · root Bb
eBGDAE67891b345b71b345b71b3
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 6 (1), 9 (b3)
  • B: 6 (5), 9 (b7)
  • G: 6 (b3), 8 (4)
  • D: 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • A: 6 (4), 8 (5)
  • E: 6 (1), 9 (b3)
Box 2Frets 8–11 · root Bb
eBGDAE891011b345b71b345b71b34
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (b3), 11 (4)
  • B: 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • G: 8 (4), 10 (5)
  • D: 8 (1), 11 (b3)
  • A: 8 (5), 11 (b7)
  • E: 9 (b3), 11 (4)
Box 3Frets 10–14 · root Bb
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (4), 13 (5)
  • B: 11 (1), 14 (b3)
  • G: 10 (5), 13 (b7)
  • D: 11 (b3), 13 (4)
  • A: 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • E: 11 (4), 13 (5)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in Bb

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