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E♭ locrian 6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, C, Db, Eb, Fb at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

A string: Bbb, C, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb at frets 0, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

D string: Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, C, Db at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11

G string: Ab, Bbb, C, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

B string: C, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10

High E string: Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, C, Db, Eb, Fb at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

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Eb 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:

E♭

i°

E♭dim
F♭

bII+

F♭aug
G♭

biii

G♭m
A♭

IV

A♭maj
B𝄫

bV

B𝄫maj
C

vi°

Cdim
D♭

bvii

D♭m

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

Same notes, different mode

Eb 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.

Fb major augmentedGb dorian #4Ab phrygian dominantA lydian #9C ultralocrianDb harmonic minor

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

tip
  • Over a m7b5 chord, use the natural 6th (C) as your feature note: it is the one brightness locrian never has.
  • It is the second mode of harmonic minor: Eb locrian 6 shares every note with the harmonic minor a whole step below.
  • Use Eb 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 (E) and flat 5th (A) low in the phrase, then resolve upward through the natural 6th (C) to the root.

How to play E♭ locrian 6 on guitar

Both E strings and the open A carry scale tones, the minor second and the diminished fifth, so open ringing adds tension rather than support. Six flats crowd the signature. A capo at fret 1 recasts everything as D shapes, which means the nut-nearest root, fret 1 on the D string, becomes an open string. Roots run to fret 6 on the A string, then fret 11 on the low E, where box one ends at fret 15.

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