B Bebop Locrian Guitar Scale

B Bebop Locrian in Baritone (B Standard) — Notes and Intervals

The B Bebop Locrian scale is a modern bebop variation designed for half-diminished chords. On Guitar, the notes are B, C, D, E, F, F#, G, A. It provides a chromatic bridge that helps musicians maintain rhythmic momentum while soloing over highly dissonant and difficult chord changes. Commonly used in Modern Jazz, Post-Bop, Fusion. Notable players include John Coltrane, Woody Shaw, Steve Coleman. Use over m7b5 chords. Maintains bebop rhythmic alignment in the most dissonant harmonic context.

Notes: B, C, D, E, F, F#, G, A

Intervals: 1P, 2m, 3m, 4P, 5d, 5P, 6m, 7m

Degrees: 1 b2 b3 4 5 6 b7 b8

Formula: H-W-W-H-H-H-W-W

Number of notes: 8

Tuning: Baritone (B Standard) (B-F#-D-A-E-B)

Explore This Scale in Other Tunings

• B Bebop Locrian in Standard Tuning
• B Bebop Locrian in Drop D
• B Bebop Locrian in DADGAD
• B Bebop Locrian in Open G
• B Bebop Locrian in 7-string
• B Bebop Locrian in 8-string
• B Bebop Locrian in Drop C
• B Bebop Locrian in Drop B
• B Bebop Locrian in Open D
• B Bebop Locrian in Half Step Down
• B Bebop Locrian in Open E
• B Bebop Locrian in Open A
• B Bebop Locrian in Double Drop D
• B Bebop Locrian in Open C

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