Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
B♭ Persian
Double harmonic with a ♭5 instead of the 5th. Dark, eerie, Middle-Eastern.
Where you hear it: Over a major ♭5 tonic; colour lines over a drone.
Step pattern H – W+H – H – H – W – W+H – H
- Compared with B♭ major: ♭2 C → C♭, ♭5 F → F♭, ♭6 G → G♭
- Compared with B♭ natural minor: ♭2 C → C♭, ♯3 D♭ → D, ♭5 F → F♭, ♯7 A♭ → A
B♭ Persian on the guitar
Pick a position below to outline it on the neck.
in the pentatonic r ♭2 3 ♭5 ♭6: playedother notes of Persian: not playedPlay runs up the position from its lowest note and back down; Sample melody plays a short tune using only its notes. Tap a position's name to see it on the neck.
Modes with the same notes as B♭ Persian
Persian is a scale of its own, not a mode of the major, harmonic minor or melodic minor scale, so no named mode shares its notes.
Every chord in B♭ Persian
- B♭maj7♭51/7easyfret 6· shell
- C♭maj71/23easyfret 7· shell
- Dsus21/3easyopen· smaller chord, also fits
- E♭m(maj7)1/6mediumfret 6
- F♭sus41/4easyopen· smaller chord, also fits
- G♭7♯51/11easyfret 2· shell
- Asus2(♭5)(add?)1/2easyopen· adds mode notes
Each chord stacks every other note of the scale (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th). Tap a row to hear it.
Sus and extension chords from each chord
From B♭(♭5) you can go through the 2nd of the scale to sus2 and 9 chords, through the 4th to sus4 and 11, and so on. All seven chords of B♭ Persian.
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No common guitar shape for this chord in the library.
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