ukulele scale
B♭ major pentatonic
B♭1C2D3F5G6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are A♯ major pentatonic.
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
B♭WCWDW+HFWGW+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 ukulele its notes fall in 22 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