Bb Locrian Scale — Guitar
Bb Locrian on guitar: notes Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab — free scale chart, no sign-up. The darkest, most unstable mode — both the 3rd and 5th are flattened, rarely a home key but essential over half-diminished chords.
Guitar · 6-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G, B, e. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 0 Fb (flat 5), fret 2 Gb (flat 6), fret 4 Ab (flat 7), fret 6 Bb (root), fret 7 Cb (flat 2), fret 9 Db (flat 3), fret 11 Eb (4), fret 12 Fb (flat 5), fret 14 Gb (flat 6), fret 16 Ab (flat 7), fret 18 Bb (root), fret 19 Cb (flat 2), fret 21 Db (flat 3), fret 23 Eb (4), fret 24 Fb (flat 5).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (root), fret 2 Cb (flat 2), fret 4 Db (flat 3), fret 6 Eb (4), fret 7 Fb (flat 5), fret 9 Gb (flat 6), fret 11 Ab (flat 7), fret 13 Bb (root), fret 14 Cb (flat 2), fret 16 Db (flat 3), fret 18 Eb (4), fret 19 Fb (flat 5), fret 21 Gb (flat 6), fret 23 Ab (flat 7).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (4), fret 2 Fb (flat 5), fret 4 Gb (flat 6), fret 6 Ab (flat 7), fret 8 Bb (root), fret 9 Cb (flat 2), fret 11 Db (flat 3), fret 13 Eb (4), fret 14 Fb (flat 5), fret 16 Gb (flat 6), fret 18 Ab (flat 7), fret 20 Bb (root), fret 21 Cb (flat 2), fret 23 Db (flat 3).
- G string: fret 1 Ab (flat 7), fret 3 Bb (root), fret 4 Cb (flat 2), fret 6 Db (flat 3), fret 8 Eb (4), fret 9 Fb (flat 5), fret 11 Gb (flat 6), fret 13 Ab (flat 7), fret 15 Bb (root), fret 16 Cb (flat 2), fret 18 Db (flat 3), fret 20 Eb (4), fret 21 Fb (flat 5), fret 23 Gb (flat 6).
- B string: fret 0 Cb (flat 2), fret 2 Db (flat 3), fret 4 Eb (4), fret 5 Fb (flat 5), fret 7 Gb (flat 6), fret 9 Ab (flat 7), fret 11 Bb (root), fret 12 Cb (flat 2), fret 14 Db (flat 3), fret 16 Eb (4), fret 17 Fb (flat 5), fret 19 Gb (flat 6), fret 21 Ab (flat 7), fret 23 Bb (root), fret 24 Cb (flat 2).
- e string: fret 0 Fb (flat 5), fret 2 Gb (flat 6), fret 4 Ab (flat 7), fret 6 Bb (root), fret 7 Cb (flat 2), fret 9 Db (flat 3), fret 11 Eb (4), fret 12 Fb (flat 5), fret 14 Gb (flat 6), fret 16 Ab (flat 7), fret 18 Bb (root), fret 19 Cb (flat 2), fret 21 Db (flat 3), fret 23 Eb (4), fret 24 Fb (flat 5).
Notes in the Bb locrian scale
The Bb locrian scale contains 7 notes: Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab. Its scale degrees are R · b2 · b3 · 4 · b5 · b6 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | Bb |
| b2 | Cb |
| b3 | Db |
| 4 | Eb |
| b5 | Fb |
| b6 | Gb |
| b7 | Ab |
Bb locrian on guitar
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.