About the D sharp Bebop Locrian scale
D sharp 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♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, A♯, B, and C♯. The formula is H W W H H H W W. It is the third mode of B Bebop Dominant.
Three open-string notes belong to D♯ Bebop Locrian, namely E, A, and B. On guitar, the deepest D♯ within reach is the 6th fret of the A string. Capo the first fret to play D♯ Bebop Locrian with D-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 | D#D♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EE | Minor 2nd |
| 3 | F#F♯ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | G#G♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | AA | Augmented 4th |
| 6 | A#A♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 7 | BB | Minor 6th |
| 8 | C#C♯ | 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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