Guitar scale · exotic
B Persian Scale
1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7: double harmonic major with a lowered 5th. It contains the augmented 2nds of Double Harmonic Major.
Tap any note to hear it.
B Persian Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|----------------------------------7-8-11-| B|-----------------------------8-11--------| G|----------------------8-9-10-------------| D|---------------8-9-10--------------------| A|--------7-8-10---------------------------| E|-7-8-11----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------11-12-13-| B|--------------------------------11-12-13----------| G|------------------------9-10-12-------------------| D|----------------9-10-13---------------------------| A|----------10-13-----------------------------------| E|-11-12-13-----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------11-12-13-15-| B|-------------------------------------12-13-------------| G|-------------------------------12-15-------------------| D|----------------------13-14-15-------------------------| A|-------------13-14-15----------------------------------| E|-11-12-13-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-18-| B|----------------------------------16-17-18-------| G|-------------------------15-16-17----------------| D|----------------14-15-17-------------------------| A|-------14-15-18----------------------------------| E|-15-18-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------18-19-20-| B|----------------------------------17-18-20----------| G|-------------------------16-17-20-------------------| D|-------------------17-20----------------------------| A|----------18-19-20----------------------------------| E|-18-19-20-------------------------------------------|
How to play B Persian on guitar
Find the root first: B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every B on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (3, ♭5, 7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 7–11. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | B |
| ♭2 | C |
| 3 | D# |
| 4 | E |
| ♭5 | F |
| ♭6 | G |
| 7 | A# |
Chords in B Persian
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in B Persian; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | — | — | Tonic |
| ♭II | C | Cmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | — | — | Mediant |
| iv | Em | Em(maj7) | Subdominant |
| ♭V | — | — | Dominant |
| ♭VI+ | Gaug | — | Submediant |
| VII | — | — | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Persian Scale?
- The B Persian Scale has 7 notes: B, C, D#, E, F, G, A#.
- What chords are in the B Persian Scale?
- The chords of B Persian are C (♭II), Em (iv), Gaug (♭VI+).
- What is the formula of the persian scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 7, which is the step pattern H W+H H H W W+H H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play B Persian on the guitar?
- The root B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 7–11, and four more positions connect it up the neck.