guitar scale
B♭ minor pentatonic
B♭1D♭♭3E♭4F5A♭♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are A♯ minor pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
B♭W+HD♭WE♭WFW+HA♭WB♭
What is true of it
B♭ minor pentatonic is B♭, D♭, E♭, F and A♭, and back to B♭.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on B♭
B♭ major pentatonicpentatonicB♭ bluespentatonicB♭ major bluespentatonicB♭ majormajorB♭ natural minorminorB♭ harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentall 374