B♭ Locrian scale
B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭·Tap a note to hear it
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Scale guide
The B♭ Locrian scale
Locrian has a flat 2nd and a flat 5th, so its root chord is diminished. It is unstable and rarely used as a home key, but it fits over half-diminished chords.
It uses the same notes as B major, starting from B♭ instead of B.
- Notes
- B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭A♭
- Formula
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7
- Steps
- H W W H W W W
- W is two frets, H is one fret
Chords in B♭ Locrian
Built from the notes of the scale, so the B♭ Locrian scale works over all of them.