B Minor Chord Scale, Chords in The Key of B Minor

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The B minor chord scale is a string of chords that can be found in the key of B minor. You can use these chords in any order to create chord progressions that are in the key of B major and sound good together. The B major key is good for creating emotions of patience and calmness. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you should know about the B minor chord scale.

What Are The Chords in The Key of B Minor

To find which chords are in the B minor key, you need to understand the notes that create the B minor scale on the piano. You can then use formulas we’ll list below to work everything else out.

The B minor scale is as follows:

Once you have these notes, you can use formulas (like we said above) to figure out the chords that need to be played in succession to be considered the B minor chord scale. Because you are in B minor, you will need to use the minor chord scale formula to work this out.

The major & minor chord scale formulas are:

Therefore, using the chord scale formulas, the B minor chord scale is as follows:

• B minor
• C# diminished
• D major
• E minor
• F# minor
• G major
• A major

If you know how to play your basic triads, you can play the B minor chord scale now. However, if you don’t, you can use chord spellings to figure out the notes in each chord.

The most common chord spellings are:

• Major – 1, 3, 5
• Minor – 1, b3, 5
• Diminished – 1, b3, b5
• Augmented – 1, 3, #5

All you have to do is plug these chord spellings into your root note major scale for them to work.

For instance: if you take the 3rd chord as an example (D major), you will use the major scale of the root note (D). You will then use the major chord spelling to work out the notes that you need to play.

So, take the D major scale, count the 1 note (D), then the 3 note (F#), then the 5 note (A). This gives you your D major chord.

You can then repeat this process for all chords in the scale. Just make sure that you use the major scale of the root note (of your chord), and the correct spelling for the quality of chord you want (major, minor or diminished).

E.G. D (root note – find the D major scale) major (quality – use the major chord spelling)

Which Notes Make Up The Chords of The B Minor Scale?

Once you know the chords in the B minor scale, it’s important to know which notes make up each chord.

1. B minor – B, D, F#
2. C# diminished – C#, E, G
3. D major – D, F#, A
4. E minor – E, G, B
5. F# minor – F#, A, C#
6. G major – G, B, D
7. A major – A, C#, E

Common Chord Progressions in B Minor

Finally you can start to use common chord progression in B minor. These are pre-made strings of chords that already sound good and can be used to kickstart melody ideas, quickly and easily. To use them, you just plug the roman numerals in to the chord scale charts above. Match the numbers together and it will spit out a chord progression for you to play.

Note: Anything with a 6, 7, 9 after it, is an extension chord, lowercase = minor, and uppercase = major.

Here are some common chord progressions in B minor:

• I, vi, IV, V
• I, bVI, V
• vi, ii, V7, i
• I, IV, V