D# Bebop Locrian Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Half Step Down tuning — fretboard diagram
TuningHalf Step Down (EbAbDbGbBbEb)
Frets22
D# Bebop Locrian in Half Step Down — Notes and Intervals
The D# Bebop Locrian scale is a modern bebop variation designed for half-diminished chords. On Guitar, the notes are D#, E, F#, G#, A, A#, B, C#. 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: D#, E, F#, G#, A, A#, B, C#
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: Half Step Down (Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Eb)
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- D# Bebop Locrian in Standard Tuning
- D# Bebop Locrian in Drop D
- D# Bebop Locrian in DADGAD
- D# Bebop Locrian in Open G
- D# Bebop Locrian in Baritone (B Standard)
- D# Bebop Locrian in 7-string
- D# Bebop Locrian in 8-string
- D# Bebop Locrian in Drop C
- D# Bebop Locrian in Drop B
- D# Bebop Locrian in Open D
- D# Bebop Locrian in Open E
- D# Bebop Locrian in Open A
- D# Bebop Locrian in Double Drop D
- D# Bebop Locrian in Open C