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A Bebop Locrian scale

About the A Bebop Locrian scale

A Bebop Locrian is used for bebop solos over half-diminished chords. Think of it as a locrian scale filled out with a chromatic passing tone. It is A Spanish Heptatonic with the third raised.

Its notes are A, B, C, D, D, E, F, and G. The formula is H W W H H H W W. It is the third mode of F Bebop Dominant.

Two of the notes in A Bebop Locrian are black keys, B and D.

Notes and intervals

1AARoot
2BbB♭Minor 2nd
3CCMinor 3rd
4DDPerfect 4th
5D#D♯Augmented 4th
6EEPerfect 5th
7FFMinor 6th
8GGMinor 7th
StepsH W W H H H W W
Semitones1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2
Degrees1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Bebop Locrian in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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A Bebop Locrian scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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