guitar scale
B major pentatonic
B1C♯2D♯3F♯5G♯6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
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
BWC♯WD♯W+HF♯WG♯W+HB
What is true of it
B major pentatonic is B, C♯, D♯, F♯ and G♯, and back to B.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 31 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 minor pentatonicpentatonicB bluespentatonicB major bluespentatonicB majormajorB natural minorminorB harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentall 374