How to play a B minor pentantonic scale on the guitar

C C♯/D♭ D D♯/E♭ E F F♯/G♭ G G♯/A♭ A A♯/B♭ B

Major (Ionian mode) Dorian mode Phygian mode Lydian mode Mixolydian mode Minor (Aeolian mode) Locrian Harmonic Minor

B minor scale B minor pentantonic scale B minor arpeggio B diminished arpeggio B minor blues scale

All B chords
B Minor (Aeolian mode) diatonic chords

Major	B B6 B6add9 B7 B9 B11 B13 BM7 BM9 BM11 BM13
Minor	Bm Bm6 B6/9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm11 Bm13 BmM7
Augmented	Baug Baug7 B9aug5 BaugM7 BM7#11
Diminished	Bdim Bdim7 BdimM7 B7♭5 Bm7♭5
Indeterminate	B5
Predominant	Baug6
Suspended	Bsus2 Bsus4 B7sus4
Major third, flat fifth	B9♭5 B13♭9♭5

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Primary	Bm	C♯dim	D	Em	F♯m	G	A
Extended	Bm7 Bm9 Bm11	C♯m7♭5	D6 D6add9 DM7 DM9 DM11 DM13	Em6 E6/9 Em7 Em9 Em11 Em13	F♯m7	G6 G6add9 GM7 GM9	A6 A6add9 A7 A9 A11 A13
Suspended	Bsus2 Bsus4 B7sus4	C♯aug6	Dsus2 Dsus4	Esus2 Esus4 E7sus4	F♯sus4 F♯7sus4	Gsus2	Asus2 Asus4 A7sus4
Indeterminate	B5		D5	E5	F♯5	G5	A5

B minor pentantonic scale (B, D, E, F♯, A)

Standard tuning

How to play a B minor pentantonic scale on the guitar

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