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B Bebop Locrian scale

About the B Bebop Locrian scale

B 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 B Spanish Heptatonic with the third raised.

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

One of the notes in B Bebop Locrian is a black key, F. This scale lines up five white keys back to back.

Notes and intervals

1BBRoot
2CCMinor 2nd
3DDMinor 3rd
4EEPerfect 4th
5E#E♯Augmented 4th
6F#F♯Perfect 5th
7GGMinor 6th
8AAMinor 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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B Bebop Locrian scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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