Guitar scale · exotic
Bb 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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Bb 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|---------------------------6-7-10-| B|-------------------------9--------| G|------------------7-9-10----------| D|------------6-8-9-----------------| A|--------7-8-----------------------| E|-6-7-10---------------------------|
e|--------------------------------10-12-| B|------------------------9-11-12-------| G|-------------------9-10---------------| D|------------8-9-12--------------------| A|-------8-11---------------------------| E|-10-12--------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------10-12-13-| B|-------------------------------11-12----------| G|-------------------------10-13----------------| D|-------------------12-14----------------------| A|----------11-13-14----------------------------| E|-10-12-13-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------13-16-| B|-------------------------------15-17-------| G|----------------------13-15-16-------------| D|----------------14-15----------------------| A|-------13-14-17----------------------------| E|-13-16-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------16-18-19-| B|-------------------------------17-18----------| G|----------------------15-16-19----------------| D|----------------15-18-------------------------| A|----------17-19-------------------------------| E|-16-18-19-------------------------------------|
How to play Bb Tritone on guitar
Find the root first: Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Bb 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 6–10. 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 | Bb |
| ♭2 | Cb |
| 3 | D |
| ♯4 | E |
| 5 | F |
| ♭7 | Ab |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Bb Tritone Scale?
- The Bb Tritone Scale has 6 notes: Bb, Cb, D, E, F, Ab.
- 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 Bb Tritone on the guitar?
- The root Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 6–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.