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D♭ Bebop Locrian scale

About the D flat Bebop Locrian scale

D 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 D Spanish Heptatonic with the third raised.

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

The scale draws three black keys from the piano, D, G, and A. Its raised fourth lands on the white key G.

Notes and intervals

1DbD♭Root
2DDMinor 2nd
3FbF♭Minor 3rd
4GbG♭Perfect 4th
5GGAugmented 4th
6AbA♭Perfect 5th
7AAMinor 6th
8CbC♭Minor 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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Db Bebop Locrian scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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