A# Locrian Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop B tuning — fretboard diagram
A# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop B — Notes and Intervals
The A# Locrian Pentatonic scale is an unstable and mysterious scale used to evoke tension and ambiguity. On Guitar, its notes are A#, C#, D#, E, G#. It is often found in experimental music and certain Indian Ragas, providing a dissonant, outside sound that is perfect for dark, avant-garde, or high-tension compositions. Commonly used in Jazz, Fusion, Experimental, Progressive. Notable players include John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel. Use over m7b5 (half-diminished) chords. Essential for jazz solos over ii chords in minor ii-V-i progressions.
Notes: A#, C#, D#, E, G#
Intervals: 1P, 3m, 4P, 5d, 7m
Degrees: 1 b2 3 4 b5
Formula: WH-W-H-4-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Drop B (C#-G#-E-B-F#-B)
Also known as: minor seven flat five pentatonic
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop D
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in DADGAD
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Open G
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in 7-string
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in 8-string
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop C
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Open D
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Half Step Down
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Open E
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Open A
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Double Drop D
- A# Locrian Pentatonic in Open C