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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

• B1
• C♯2
• D♯3
• F♯5
• G♯6

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|---------------------7-9-|
B|-----------------7-9-----|
G|-------------6-8---------|
D|---------6-9-------------|
A|-----6-9-----------------|
E|-7-9---------------------|

e|-------------------------------9--11-|
B|-------------------------9--12-------|
G|-------------------8--11-------------|
D|-------------9--11-------------------|
A|-------9--11-------------------------|
E|-9--11-------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------11-14-|
B|-------------------------12-14-------|
G|-------------------11-13-------------|
D|-------------11-13-------------------|
A|-------11-14-------------------------|
E|-11-14-------------------------------|

e|---------------------2-4-|
B|-----------------2-4-----|
G|-------------1-4---------|
D|---------1-4-------------|
A|-----2-4-----------------|
E|-2-4---------------------|

e|---------------------4-7-|
B|-----------------4-7-----|
G|-------------4-6---------|
D|---------4-6-------------|
A|-----4-6-----------------|
E|-4-7---------------------|

B major backing track

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

Slow blues backing track in B major – Beardly Jam Tracks

Songs in B major

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

• Im Yours – Jason Mraz
• The Only Exception – Paramore
• Yellow – Coldplay
• Your Song – Parokya ni Edgar
• Africa – Toto
• Lego House – Ed Sheeran
• The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
• Patience – Guns N' Roses
• The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
• O Come To The Altar – Elevation Worship
• Memories – Maroon 5
• Blessed Be Your Name – Matt Redman

All songs in B major →

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