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G♯ bebop locrian Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

A string: A, B, C#, D, D#, E, F#, G#, A at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

D string: D, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

G string: G#, A, B, C#, D, D#, E, F# at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

B string: B, C#, D, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12

High E string: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

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G# bebop locrian

The bebop locrian scale adds a natural 5th as a passing tone inside the locrian mode, smoothing the m7b5 sound into an eight note bebop vehicle. The borrowed 5th lets lines glide through half-diminished chords with the same downbeat logic as the other bebop scales. Use it on the ii chord of a minor ii-V-i.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

G♯

I

A

bII

B

bIII

C♯

IV

D

bV

D♯

V

E

bVI

F♯

bVII

Same notes, different mode

G# bebop locrian 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.

A ichikosuchoB bebop minorE bebop

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

tip
  • Use G# bebop locrian over m7b5 chords in eighth-note lines; the borrowed natural 5th (D#) is strictly a passing tone between bV (D) and bVI (E).
  • Anchor on the half-diminished arpeggio (root, bIII (B), bV (D), bVII (F#)) and let the scale fill the gaps.
  • It pairs with the dominant bebop scale of the V7b9 that follows: same eighth-note engine through the whole minor ii-V-i.
  • Accent the flat 2nd (A) sparingly; on a m7b5 it adds bite, but resolving it down to the root ends phrases cleanly.

How to play G♯ bebop locrian on guitar

Five open strings are in key and the G string is the odd one out, so open-position work has one hole in it. Neither the tonic nor the fifth turns up open, meaning a drone is off the table. Lowest root hides at low E fret 4. At fret 8 the second shape takes over, and a capo at fret 1 relabels the whole grip as G.

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