B scales

Guitar scales with B as the root note.
Choose from the categories below for fingerboard diagrams and supplementary information.

B Major B Minor B Melodic Minor B Harmonic Minor B Major Pentatonic B Minor Pentatonic B Blues B Rock 'n' roll B Ionian B Dorian B Phrygian B Lydian B Mixolydian B Aeolian B Locrian B Dorian Bebop B Mixolydian Bebop B Whole Tone B Half Whole Diminished B Whole Half Diminished B Spanish B Persian B Gypsy Major B Gypsy Minor

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Explanations

Major - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The B Major scale are connected to the key of B, they contain the same notes.
Minor - One of the most common scales, containing seven notes. The B Minor scale are connected to the key of B Minor, they contain the same notes. B Minor is sometimes written as Bm in shortened form. Sometimes written as Natural Minor to distinguish it from other Minor scale categories.
Melodic Minor - A Minor scale that differs from the Natural Minor by containing one instead of three flattened notes.
Harmonic Minor - A Minor scale that differs from the Natural Minor by containing two instead of three flattened notes.
Pentatonic Major - One of the two most common five-notes scales. Based on the regular Major scale, but with two omitted notes (the 4th and the 7th).
Pentatonic Minor - One of the two most common five-notes scales. Based on the natural Minor scale, but with two omitted notes (the 2nd and the 6th).
Blues - The par excellence scale choice for blues. Also referred to as the Pentatonic Minor Blues scale.
"Rock 'n' roll" - Pentatonic Major and Blues hybrid scale.
Ionian - The first mode of the Major scale.
Dorian - The second mode of the Major scale.
Phrygian - The third mode of the Major scale.
Lydian - The fourth mode of the Major scale.
Mixolydian - The fifth mode of the Major scale, also known as the Dominant scale.
Aeolian - The sixth mode of the Major scale, also referred to as the Minor scale.
Locrian - The seventh mode of the Major scale.
Dorian Bebop - Contains the notes as the Dorian mode plus a passing note.
Mixolydian Bebop - Contains the notes as the Mixolydian mode plus a passing note.
Whole Tone - An six-note symmetric scale, also known as the Augmented scale.
Half Whole Diminished - An eight-note symmetric scale, also known as the Dominant Diminished scale.
Whole Half Diminished - An eight-note symmetric scale, also known as the Fully Diminished scale.
Spanish - An eight-note scale, also known as the Spanish 8 Tones scale.
Gypsy Major - A seven-note scale, also known as the Spanish Gypsy scale and the Byzantine scale.
Gypsy Minor - A seven-note scale, also known as the Byzantine Minor scale.

Comparisons

B Major scale degrees and notes.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
B	C#	D#	E	F#	G#	A#

B Natural Minor scale degrees and notes.

1	2	b3	4	5	b6	b7
B	C#	D	E	F#	G	A

B Melodic Minor scale degrees and notes.

1	2	b3	4	5	6	7
B	C#	D	E	F#	G#	A#

B Harmonic Minor scale degrees and notes.