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Fig. 1 · B major blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

B major blues

B1C♯2D♭3D♯3F♯5G♯6

Major pentatonic with a flattened third added next to the third — the two live side by side rather than replacing each other.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · B major blues, 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

BWC♯HDHD♯W+HF♯WG♯W+HB

What is true of it

B major blues is B, C♯, D, D♯, F♯ and G♯, and back to B.

Its steps are W – H – H – 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 24 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

G♯mminorG♯dimdiminishedG♯m7minor seventhG♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhBmajorBmminor

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on B

B major pentatonicpentatonicB minor pentatonicpentatonicB bluespentatonicB majormajorB natural minorminorB harmonic minorminor

C maj bluesC♯ maj bluesD♭ maj bluesD maj bluesD♯ maj bluesE♭ maj bluesE maj bluesF maj bluesall 374