About the B flat Bebop Locrian scale
B flat 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.
E and B are open guitar strings that sit inside the mode, ready to drone under a riff. The lowest B♭ on a standard-tuned guitar sits at the 1st fret of the A string. With a capo at the first fret, B♭ Bebop Locrian can be played with A-shape fingerings.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
8-position system
8 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | BbB♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CbC♭ | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | DbD♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | EbE♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | EE | Augmented 4th |
| 6 | FF | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | GbG♭ | Minor 6th |
| 8 | AbA♭ | Minor 7th |
| Steps | H W W H H H W W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♯4 5 ♭6 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Bebop Locrian in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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