B Major Scale
The B major scale has a brilliant, piercing quality with five sharps. Though less common in open-position guitar playing, it's found in pop, rock, and progressive music using barre chords.
Also known as
- B Ionian
Formula
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Notes
BC#D#EF#G#A#
Diatonic Chords
These chords are built from the notes of the B Major scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.