About the B flat Minor Hexatonic scale
B flat Minor Hexatonic is used for jazz and modern minor melodies. Think of it as a six-note minor scale that skips the sixth and reaches for a major seventh.
Its notes are B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and A. The formula is W H W W 4 semitones H.
The open-string note A sits inside this mode. A guitarist finds the lowest B♭ at the 1st fret of the A string. A capo at the first fret brings B♭ Minor Hexatonic within reach of A-shape fingerings.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
6-position system
6 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | BbB♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CC | Major 2nd |
| 3 | DbD♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | EbE♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | FF | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | AA | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W W 4 semitones H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-2-4-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 5 7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Minor Hexatonic in other keys
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