B Locrian Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Open C tuning — fretboard diagram
B Locrian Pentatonic in Open C — Notes and Intervals
The B Locrian Pentatonic scale is an unstable and mysterious scale used to evoke tension and ambiguity. On Guitar, its notes are B, D, E, F, A. 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: B, D, E, F, A
Intervals: 1P, 3m, 4P, 5d, 7m
Degrees: 1 b2 3 4 b5
Formula: WH-W-H-4-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Open C (E-C-G-C-G-C)
Also known as: minor seven flat five pentatonic
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Drop D
- B Locrian Pentatonic in DADGAD
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Open G
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
- B Locrian Pentatonic in 7-string
- B Locrian Pentatonic in 8-string
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Drop C
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Drop B
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Open D
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Half Step Down
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Open E
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Open A
- B Locrian Pentatonic in Double Drop D