B Major 7 Pentatonic Guitar Scale
6-string guitar · 5 notes · 5 notes · major family
Notes
B
C♯
D♯
F♯
G♯♯♯
Solfège : Si – Do♯ – Ré♯ – Fa♯ – Sol♯♯♯
Interval Structure
B
T
C♯
T
D♯
T+½T
F♯
4×½T
G♯♯♯
→
B+oct.
½T
About this scale
The major 7 pentatonic replaces the usual minor 7th with a major 7th, giving a soft, elegant jazz color on guitar. It sounds great over Maj7 and CMaj9 chords. Jazz guitarists (Pat Metheny, Lenny Breau) use it for fluid, refined phrases over major seventh chords.
See fretboard positions for B Major 7 Pentatonic on guitar in the interactive app.
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