Modes
B Locrian scale
The darkest mode, built on a diminished triad — rare, unstable and haunting.
Mode 7 of the major scale: the same notes as C major, starting from its 7th note.
- Notes
- BCDEFGA
- Formula
- 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWHWWW
How to play the B Locrian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------8--10-12-| B|-------------------------------------8--10-12----------| G|----------------------------7--9--10-------------------| D|-------------------7--9--10----------------------------| A|----------7--8--10-------------------------------------| E|-7--8--10----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 7–12
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-2-3-| E|-----0-1---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the B Locrian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
