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B locrian 6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G#, A, B, C, D, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

A string: A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

D string: D, E, F, G#, A, B, C, D at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

G string: G#, A, B, C, D, E, F at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10

B string: B, C, D, E, F, G#, A, B at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12

High E string: E, F, G#, A, B, C, D, E at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

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B locrian 6

The locrian 6 scale, the second mode of the harmonic minor scale, is locrian with a natural 6th. The raised 6th relieves a little of locrian's claustrophobia and adds a strange brightness above the flat 5th. Use it over m7b5 chords in a minor key when the harmony is heading toward a harmonic-minor V chord.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

B

i°

Bdim
C

bII+

Caug
D

biii

Dm
E

IV

Emaj
F

bV

Fmaj
G♯

vi°

G♯dim
A

bvii

Am

Characteristic note: G# (natural 6), the natural sixth that softens locrian's darkness.

Same notes, different mode

B locrian 6 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

C major augmentedD dorian #4E phrygian dominantF lydian #9G# ultralocrianA harmonic minor

locrian 6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Over a m7b5 chord, use the natural 6th (G#) as your feature note: it is the one brightness locrian never has.
  • It is the second mode of harmonic minor: B locrian 6 shares every note with the harmonic minor a whole step below.
  • Use B locrian 6 when the m7b5 chord moves on to a V7b9; the shared harmonic minor parent makes the two bars one continuous line.
  • Balance the register: keep the flat 2nd (C) and flat 5th (F) low in the phrase, then resolve upward through the natural 6th (G#) to the root.

How to play B locrian 6 on guitar

Open B is a root and both E strings give the perfect fourth, so an open drone holds up whatever sits above it. Five open strings are in the scale. A capo at fret 2 turns the grip into A, letting open-A vocabulary do the fingering. Lowest root is fret 7 on the low E, where the first box gives out at fret 11.

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