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