B flat minor pentatonic scale on ukulele

The minor pentatonic (five notes) is the most played scale among rock and blues guitarists. Easy to memorize on the neck, it works over almost every chord in the key.

On the whole neck

GCEAA♭B♭D♭E♭FD♭E♭FA♭B♭FA♭B♭D♭E♭B♭D♭E♭FA♭0123456789101112
GCEAA♭B♭D♭E♭FD♭E♭FA♭B♭FA♭B♭D♭E♭B♭D♭E♭FA♭0123456789101112

Position from fret 10

GCEAFA♭B♭D♭E♭FA♭B♭10111213
GCEAFA♭B♭D♭E♭FA♭B♭10111213

Root notes are filled. Strings from the 4th to the 1st; the position starts from the root on the 3rd string, the lowest one.

Notes of the scale

DegreeNoteInterval
1B♭ (B flat)root
2D♭ (D flat)minor third
3E♭ (E flat)perfect fourth
4Fperfect fifth
5A♭ (A flat)minor seventh

Steps between notes: W+H – W – W – W+H – W (W = whole step, H = half step)

Relative scale: the D flat major pentatonic scale, with exactly the same notes.

Other B♭ scales

The same scale in other keys