Dictionary: B Blues Scale

When you add a diminished 5th note to the B minor pentatonic scale (the F note, in this case), you now have the B blues scale.  Try it over B.  Any B.  You may like the results.

Dictionary: B Minor Pentatonic Scale

The B minor pentatonic scale is convenient to use for improvising solos and composing melodies over a B minor chord progression, especially if you are unsure whether to use the Aeolian, Dorian, or Phrygian mode at any given moment.

The B minor pentatonic scale sounds especially bluesy over a B major chord progression.  If you want an even bluesier scale, stay tuned ...

Modes in B / Cb

For larger mode maps:
B Lydian
B Ionian
B Mixolydian
B Dorian
B Aeolian
B Phrygian
B Locrian
Cb Lydian

See also:
B Major Scale
B Minor Scale

Modes with 2 Sharps

For larger mode maps:
D Ionian
E Dorian
F# Phrygian
G Lydian
A Mixolydian
B Aeolian
C# Locrian

See also:
D Major Scale
B Minor Scale

Dictionary: Cbm Chord

The C-flat minor chord name makes sense for some scales; otherwise, you want the Bm chord.  Here is an alternate, non-C?-E?-G? spelling of the chord, which might make sense in certain scales:

Dictionary: Bm Chord

If you're looking for a simpler guitar chord chart, check out this entry from August 2007.  Here is an alternate, non-B?-D?-F? spelling of the B minor chord, which might work in the context of certain scales:

Dictionary: B Minor Scale

This scale is the relative minor of D major.  In the table below, you'll enter B harmonic minor territory with the chords to the right:

Bm	D	C#dim	Daug
Em	G	Gm	Edim
F#m	A	F#	A#dim

Four #Chords for #Guitar / Four Chords for #Piano

Four #Guitar #Chords / Three #Drum #Rudiments

Seven #Modes with Two #Sharps for #Guitar / Four #Keyboard #Chords in B Minor

Jam Session 106l with Bm Bsus2 G; F#m; G; A (Guitar, Drums)

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 106l:

• Both Jon and Ryan play guitar;
• The Pro Tools plug-in Digidesign Strike provides the drum beat;
• The only program that can use Strike is Pro Tools, but it comes in many flavors, such as HD, LE, and M-Powered.
• In any case, the chords are Bm Bsus2 G; F#m; G; A:

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Jam Session 106k with Bm A E (Guitar, Drums)

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 106k:

• Both Jon and Ryan play guitar;
• The Pro Tools plug-in Digidesign Strike provides the drum beat;
• The only program that uses Strike is Pro Tools, but it comes in many flavors, such as HD, LE, and M-Powered.
• Pro tools HD is really expensive.
• Ryan uses an EBow near the end of the jam session.
  
• In any case, the chords are Bm A E, in 6/8 time (one two three, four two three):

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Jam Session 106j with B5 D5 A5 B5 D5 E5 (Guitar, Drums)

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 106j:

• Both Jon and Ryan play guitar;
• The Pro Tools plug-in Digidesign Strike provides the drum beat;
• The only program that uses Strike is Pro Tools, but it comes in many flavors, such as HD, LE, and M-Powered.
• For Pro Tools M-Powered, you need to buy the software (about $250) and a hardware interface (from a large qualified variety) separately.  Interfaces run from about $100 to thousands of dollars.  USB interfaces are usually less expensive than FireWire interfaces.  Having used both types, we recommend FireWire.  You can also use some PCI interfaces, but you must install those directly into your desktop tower.
  
• In any case, the chords are B5 D5 A5 B5 D5 E5:

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Jam Session 106h with Bm D/F# A G (Guitar, Drums)

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 106h:

• Both Jon and Ryan play guitar;
• The Pro Tools plug-in Digidesign Strike provides the drum beat;
• The chords are Bm, D/F#, A, and G:
  

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Last Open B Lesson (for Now)

If you don't know how to read guitar tab (as computer text), this section of a Wikipedia article may help.

We'll leave only the B String open for some interesting chord voicings to spruce up an otherwise regular Bm-G-D-A progression:

   Bm    G   D6   Aadd9
e|-10----7----2----9----
B|--0----0----0----0----
G|-11----7----2----9----
D|--9----5----0----7----
A|----------------------
E|----------------------

Lesson #33: Power Chords in B Minor (Guitar, Intermediate)

This is not much of an "intermediate" lesson, except that we're asking you to compare this sequence of chords with a previous lesson, concerning power chords in D (major). How are B minor and D major related? (Bm is the relative minor of D.)

Bm6add9 (Guitar, Intermediate)

The following notes make up B minor 6th add-9th:

A string: B (root)
D string: D (minor 3rd)
G string: G# (6th)
B string: C# (9th)

B Blues Horizontal (Guitar, Intermediate)

Scale: B blues

Notes: B D E F F# A

Hollow Circles: B notes

Orange Circles: B minor pentatonic, diagonal pattern

Gray Circles: B blues outside of the minor pentatonic diagonal pattern

Blue Circles (Blue Note): F notes

Example Chord Progression for Rhythm Guitar: B5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5

B Blues Diagonal (Guitar, Beginner)

Scale: B blues

Notes: B D E F F# A

Hollow Circles: B notes

Orange Circles: B minor pentatonic

Blue Circles (Blue Note): F notes

Example Chord Progression for Rhythm Guitar: Bm G D A

B Blues Vertical (Guitar, Beginner)

Scale: B blues

Notes: B D E F F# A

Hollow Circles: B notes

Orange Circles: B minor pentatonic

Blue Circles (Blue Note): F notes

Example Chord Progression for Rhythm Guitar: Bm Em F#m Em