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G♭ Bebop Locrian scale

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About the G flat Bebop Locrian scale

G flat Bebop Locrian is a locrian scale filled out with a chromatic passing tone. It's used for bebop solos over half-diminished chords.

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.

Position 1open
Position 2fr 2
Position 3fr 3
Position 4fr 5
Position 5fr 7
Position 6fr 8
Position 7fr 9
Position 8fr 10

Notes and intervals

1 G flat Root
2 G Minor 2nd
3 A Minor 3rd
4 C flat Perfect 4th
5 C Augmented 4th
6 D flat Perfect 5th
7 D Minor 6th
8 F flat Minor 7th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ 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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