Guitar scale · exotic
B Tritone Scale
Six-note scale 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7. It is made of two major triads a tritone apart.
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B Tritone 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|---------------------------10--------| G|-------------------8-10-11-----------| D|------------7-9-10-------------------| A|--------8-9--------------------------| E|-7-8-11------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------11-13-| B|--------------------------10-12-13-------| G|--------------------10-11----------------| D|------------9-10-13----------------------| A|-------9-12------------------------------| E|-11-13-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------11-13-14-| B|-------------------------------12-13----------| G|-------------------------11-14----------------| D|-------------------13-15----------------------| A|----------12-14-15----------------------------| E|-11-13-14-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------14-17-| B|-------------------------------16-18-------| G|----------------------14-16-17-------------| D|----------------15-16----------------------| A|-------14-15-18----------------------------| E|-14-17-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------17-19-20-| B|-------------------------------18-19----------| G|----------------------16-17-20----------------| D|----------------16-19-------------------------| A|----------18-20-------------------------------| E|-17-19-20-------------------------------------|
How to play B Tritone 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# |
| ♭7 | A |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Tritone Scale?
- The B Tritone Scale has 6 notes: B, C, D#, E#, F#, A.
- What is the formula of the tritone scale?
- 1 ♭2 3 ♯4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W+H W H W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play B Tritone 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.