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B♭ Major Pentatonic Scale – Guitar

The bright, sweet-sounding pentatonic: country, pop and classic rock solos over major-key songs. Here it is in B♭: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.

Notes in the B♭ major pentatonic scale

• B♭1
• C2
• D3
• F5
• G6

Formula: 1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6. Use it to solo over songs in B♭ major.

Same five notes as the G minor pentatonic scale – the shapes are identical, only the home note changes.

B♭ major pentatonic scale on the whole neck

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The 5 boxes (positions) with TAB

Each box is one hand position. Learn Box 1 first: play it up with the TAB, then back down, then move to the next box – together they cover the whole neck.

e|---------------------6-8-|
B|-----------------6-8-----|
G|-------------5-7---------|
D|---------5-8-------------|
A|-----5-8-----------------|
E|-6-8---------------------|

e|-------------------------------8--10-|
B|-------------------------8--11-------|
G|-------------------7--10-------------|
D|-------------8--10-------------------|
A|-------8--10-------------------------|
E|-8--10-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------10-13-|
B|-------------------------11-13-------|
G|-------------------10-12-------------|
D|-------------10-12-------------------|
A|-------10-13-------------------------|
E|-10-13-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------13-15-|
B|-------------------------13-15-------|
G|-------------------12-15-------------|
D|-------------12-15-------------------|
A|-------13-15-------------------------|
E|-13-15-------------------------------|

e|---------------------3-6-|
B|-----------------3-6-----|
G|-------------3-5---------|
D|---------3-5-------------|
A|-----3-5-----------------|
E|-3-6---------------------|

B♭ major backing track

Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.

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Songs in B♭ major

These songs are in B♭ major, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:

• Say You Wont Let Go – James Arthur
• Make You Feel My Love – Adele
• The Man Who Cant Be Moved – The Script
• How To Save A Life – The Fray
• A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
• You Are The Reason – Calum Scott
• Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez
• Teardrops On My Guitar – Taylor Swift
• Drivers License – Olivia Rodrigo
• Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
• Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
• The Greatest Showman - Rewrite The Stars – Misc Soundtrack

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Other scales in B♭

• B♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• B♭ Blues Scale
• B♭ Major Blues Scale
• B♭ Major Scale
• B♭ Natural Minor Scale
• B♭ Dorian Mode
• B♭ Mixolydian Mode
• B♭ Phrygian Mode
• B♭ Lydian Mode
• B♭ Harmonic Minor Scale
• B♭ Melodic Minor Scale

Major Pentatonic Scale in other keys

• C Major Pentatonic Scale
• D♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• D Major Pentatonic Scale
• E♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• E Major Pentatonic Scale
• F Major Pentatonic Scale
• F♯ Major Pentatonic Scale
• G Major Pentatonic Scale
• A♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• A Major Pentatonic Scale
• B Major Pentatonic Scale