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B major scale for guitar

Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the B major scale (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) on guitar: B · C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A#.

Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
B Major
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E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend

1
B
· Root
2
C#
· Tension
3
D#
· Third
4
E
· Tension
5
F#
· Fifth
6
G#
· Tension
7
A#
· Seventh

Scale sheet

B Major
Formula (degrees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Notes in key
B C# D# E F# G# A#
Typical use
Over major and maj7 chords.

Major

The major scale (Ionian) is the reference scale of Western music, built on the whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half interval pattern. It sounds bright and stable, and is the foundation for major and maj7 chords.

Notes of the B major scale: B · C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A#.

See B major on the circle of fifths