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B ionian major #2 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

A string: A#, B, C##, D#, E, F#, G# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

D string: C##, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B, C## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

G string: G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E, F# at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

B string: B, C##, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B at frets 0, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

High E string: E, F#, G#, A#, B, C##, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

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B ionian major #2

The ionian #2 scale, the sixth mode of the neapolitan minor scale, is a major scale whose 2nd is raised to a sharp 2nd, creating an augmented 2nd leap right at the start. The rest is textbook major, so melodies keep snapping between exotic and plain. It is a striking way to make a familiar major progression sound foreign.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B

I

Bmaj
C𝄪

#II

E7no5/C𝄪
D♯

iii

D♯m
E

IV

Emaj
F♯

V+

F♯aug
G♯

vi

G♯m
A♯

VII

A#maj♭5

Same notes, different mode

B ionian major #2 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

D ultralocrianD# neapolitan minorE lydian #6F# mixolydian augmentedG# romani minorA# locrian dominant

ionian major #2 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Play B major but leap from the root straight to #2 (D) and settle on the 3rd; one displaced note makes familiar lines sound foreign.
  • Use the #2 (D) as a chromatic ornament to the 3rd (D#) in an otherwise textbook major solo; ration it and it stays striking.
  • It is the sixth mode of neapolitan minor, sharing its notes with the neapolitan minor a major 3rd below B.
  • Over a plain major triad, alternate phrases from B major and B ionian #2 (D) to make one chord feel like two worlds.

How to play B ionian major #2 on guitar

Open B is a root, letting you ring an unfretted tonic while the lowest root stays at fret 7 on the low E string. Both E strings land a perfect fourth above the tonic and the open D reads as C##, giving four open strings inside the key. A#Mb5 is the VII chord, and fret 2 on the A string sits an octave under that open B. A capo at fret 2 brings A shapes.

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