B Minor Scale — Ukulele
B minor scale (Natural Minor) on ukulele: notes B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A — free scale chart, no sign-up. The relative minor of the major scale, built from the same notes starting on the 6th degree — the default minor sound in rock, pop, and folk.
Ukulele, tuned low to high: G, C, E, A. 12 frets.
- G string: fret 0 G (flat 6), fret 2 A (flat 7), fret 4 B (root), fret 6 C# (2), fret 7 D (flat 3), fret 9 E (4), fret 11 F# (5), fret 12 G (flat 6).
- C string: fret 1 C# (2), fret 2 D (flat 3), fret 4 E (4), fret 6 F# (5), fret 7 G (flat 6), fret 9 A (flat 7), fret 11 B (root).
- E string: fret 0 E (4), fret 2 F# (5), fret 3 G (flat 6), fret 5 A (flat 7), fret 7 B (root), fret 9 C# (2), fret 10 D (flat 3), fret 12 E (4).
- A string: fret 0 A (flat 7), fret 2 B (root), fret 4 C# (2), fret 5 D (flat 3), fret 7 E (4), fret 9 F# (5), fret 10 G (flat 6), fret 12 A (flat 7).
Notes in the B minor scale
The B minor scale — also called B natural minor, or the B Aeolian mode — contains 7 notes: B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A. Its scale degrees are R · 2 · b3 · 4 · 5 · b6 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | B |
| 2 | C# |
| b3 | D |
| 4 | E |
| 5 | F# |
| b6 | G |
| b7 | A |
B natural minor (aeolian) on ukulele
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.