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Fig. 1 · Bb major · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

B♭ major

B♭1C2D3E♭4F5G6A7

The seven-note scale everything else is measured against: two whole steps, a half, three whole steps, a half.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are A♯ major.

on guitaron pianothe key signature

Written out

Fig. 2 · Bb major, ascending

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♭WCWDHE♭WFWGWAHB♭

What is true of it

B♭ major is B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G and A, and back to B♭.

Its steps are W – W – H – W – W – W – H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, B♭ melodic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 31 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorCm7minor seventhDmminorDm7minor seventhE♭majorE♭maj7major seventhFmajorF7dominant seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on B♭

B♭ harmonic majormajorB♭ natural minorminorB♭ harmonic minorminorB♭ melodic minorminor

C majC♯ majD♭ majD majD♯ majE♭ majE majF majall 374