Scale · Greek modes

B Locrian

The most unstable mode: a diminished fifth and nowhere comfortable to rest. It shows up in passing, over half-diminished chords.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

Instrument

Tuning

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B Locrian scale on the Guitar neck59 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. B1
  2. Cb2
  3. Db3
  4. E4
  5. Fb5
  6. Gb6
  7. Ab7

Also written as B · C · D · E · F · G · A.

Formula

H · W · W · H · W · W · W

W = whole step · H = half step

Degrees

1 · b2 · b3 · 4 · b5 · b6 · b7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside B Locrian. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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