About the B Ionian Pentatonic scale
B Ionian Pentatonic is five bright notes drawn from the major scale. It's used for pop, folk and melodic writing.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | B | Root |
| 2 | D sharp | Major 3rd |
| 3 | E | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | F sharp | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A sharp | Major 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Ionian Pentatonic in other keys
C Ionian Pentatonic D flat Ionian Pentatonic D Ionian Pentatonic E flat Ionian Pentatonic E Ionian Pentatonic F Ionian Pentatonic G flat Ionian Pentatonic G Ionian Pentatonic A flat Ionian Pentatonic A Ionian Pentatonic B flat Ionian Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
