About the B flat Vietnamese (alt) scale
B flat Vietnamese (alt) is another Vietnamese five-note color, the minor pentatonic set. It's used for Vietnamese-flavored and folk melodies.
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 flat | Root |
| 2 | D flat | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | E flat | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | F | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Vietnamese (alt) in other keys
C Vietnamese (alt) D flat Vietnamese (alt) D Vietnamese (alt) E flat Vietnamese (alt) E Vietnamese (alt) F Vietnamese (alt) G flat Vietnamese (alt) G Vietnamese (alt) A flat Vietnamese (alt) A Vietnamese (alt) B Vietnamese (alt)
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
