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B Whole Tone scale

About the B Whole Tone scale

B Whole Tone is a scale of nothing but whole steps, floating with no clear home. It's used for dream sequences, impressionist music and solos over dominant chords.

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Notes and intervals

1 B Root
2 C sharp Major 2nd
3 D sharp Major 3rd
4 E sharp Augmented 4th
5 G Minor 6th
6 A Minor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Whole Tone in other keys

C Whole Tone D flat Whole Tone D Whole Tone E flat Whole Tone E Whole Tone F Whole Tone G flat Whole Tone G Whole Tone A flat Whole Tone A Whole Tone B flat Whole Tone
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